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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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