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Home / Glossary / Thematic glossary / Windmill gearing

Windmill gearing

Head and Tail (split level) millstones

Sack hoist and brake mechanisms

This drawing is based on the arrangement at Pitstone Mill, an anticlockwise post mill.

Related topics

  • Windmill Sails
  • Millstones

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