Old Dock Mill, Portsea, Portsmouth
A wind-powered corn mill in the historic county of Hampshire, England.
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Built in 1798 for a cooperative society consisting of dockyard employees. It was sold to the Board of Ordinance in 1816, who intended to demolish it as part of planned extensions to the dockyard, but it survived until 1867 when the dockyard was redeveloped and the mill demolished.
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| Alternative names | Dock Society Mill, Society Mill |
| Power source | Wind |
| Mill type | Tower mill |
| Mill function | Corn mill |
| Archive ID | 8724 |
| Location | Portsea, Portsmouth |
| Historic county | Hampshire |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| NGR | SU 639 012 |
| Latitude/longitude | 50.80684000, -1.09449590 |
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References
- Blythman, Guy, Windmills of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight (Mills Archive, 2016), p. 66
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