Windmill, Odd Down, Bath
A wind-powered fuller's earth mill in the historic county of Somerset, England.
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This windmill was built c. 1890 by the Fuller's Earth Union, to drive the roller mill and screens at their mine, which produced fuller's earth. The windmill was a Halladay wind engine erected on a rectangular wooden frame. Unfortunately the engine was detsroyed in a fire in 1904.
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| Power source | Wind |
| Mill type | Wind engine |
| Mill function | Fuller's earth mill |
| Archive ID | 13524 |
| Location | Bath |
| Historic county | Somerset |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| NGR | ST 728 611 |
| Latitude/longitude | 51.34901500, -2.39057500 |
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References
- Burroughs, Stuart, “Some thoughts on the Halladay & Wheeler patent windmill installed at the fuller’s earth works, Bath” (The Survey of Bath and District, 10, October 1998, pp. 19-22)
- Gregory, Roy, The Industrial Windmill in Britain (Phillimore, 2005) p 138
- Ordnance Survey 25 inch map, Somerset XIII.16 (1903)
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