Windmill Cement Works, Bilston
A wind-powered cement mill in the historic county of Staffordshire, England.
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The windmill was built in 1791. The Windmill Cement Co Ltd produced cement here from 1869 until 1914, intially by wind power and later by steam.
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| Power source | Wind |
| Mill type | Tower mill |
| Mill function | Cement mill |
| Archive ID | 11540 |
| Location | Bilston |
| Historic county | Staffordshire |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| NGR | SO 9525 9671 |
| Latitude/longitude | 52.56820222, -2.07133863 |
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References
- Ordnance Survey 25 inch map, Staffordshire LXII.16 (1947)
- Trout, Edwin A R, Traditional milling technology in the English cement industry, 1796-1899 (Mills Archive, 2015), p. 48
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