post mill
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A post mill is a type of windmill where the entire body of the mill, containing the machinery and sails, is mounted on a single, sturdy post. This post allows the entire structure to be rotated to face the wind.1
Windmills, in general, are devices that harness the energy of the wind using sails on a rotating shaft. They were crucial prime movers, replacing human and animal power for tasks like grinding grain and pumping water, especially in Europe from the 12th century onwards. The post mill is considered the earliest form of the vertical windmill, which derives from Roman water mill designs.23
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Read Moreā¦mill is known as the post mill. It has a boxlike body containing the gearing, millstones, and machinery and carrying the sails. It is mounted on a well-supported wooden post socketed into a horizontal beam on the level of the second floor of the mill body. On this it canā¦
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Read Moreā¦was supported on a fixed post so that it could be rotated and faced into the wind. The millworks were initially covered by a boxlike wooden frame structure and later often by a āround-house,ā which also provided storage. A brake wheel on the shaft allowed the mill to be stoppedā¦
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