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Windpump, Chelmsford

A wind-powered pumping mill/wheel in the historic county of Essex, England.

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"A curious wind-pump has been constructed in the garden on the Ieft bank to draw water up from the river for the greenhouses which even as late as this, around 1900, occupied gardens running down from the houses and shops in the High Street."

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Power source Wind
Mill type Wind engine
River Can
Mill function Pumping mill/wheel
Archive ID 12961
Location Chelmsford
Historic county Essex
Country England, United Kingdom
NGR TL 709 066
Latitude/longitude 51.73203500, 0.47348800

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