Holgate Windmill

The Holgatewindmühle with new paint and a complete wing cross, July 2013

The Holgate Windmill is a tower or Holgatewindmühle Dutch Windmill in Holgate, York, North Yorkshire, England from 1770, which was completely restored from 2003 to 2012 and windmahlfähig York 's last remaining windmill.

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History

On December 27, 1768 miller and millwright George Waud acquired from Barlow at Selby on a hill north of York land on which he built a tower windmill, which according to the area, " windmill Holgate " or " Holgatewindmühle " (English " Holgate Windmill " ) was called. In October 1770 the milling started. The mill was even then in two important roads in the region, the Acomber and Poppletoner highway ( Acomb Road and Poppleton Road). 1841 the windmill was equipped with three pairs of French quartz millstones and two classifiers. 1858 was a fourth millstone pair of Derby granite added to livestock feed production. George Waud, his son and his grandson of the same name led the windmill for 71 years to 1851 and built in this period, a house next to the mill. 1859 a new granary was built, along with a steam engine with boiler house grown to make the grinding more profitable. Another soil was placed in the conical mill tower. This was the mill, which was not originally " Fitted " but conically similar to the Lincolnshire windmills, their present height and shape. Joseph Chapman led the windmill since 1866 to 1896 as a miller and was probably also the owner of the mill. In 1902, the mill after his son Charles ' death, who was born in the mill, to Eliza Gutch. 1930 they built a large electric motor, which replaced the 70 Year Old steam engine, together with boiler house and chimney, which were demolished. In the same year, the City Council of York made ​​after considerable storm damage to the mill by rear wind gusts set the wind milling and break down the wing with wind rose. Ended in 1933 and the grinding with the electric unit. Thomas Mollett was the last known Müller of Holgatemühle, Eliza Gutch and her family the last known owner. They sold the mill in 1939 to the " York Corporation ." In 1939, the mill is a new, now painted white cap. The windmill was built in 1954 in the series " Grade II listed buildings " ( "Grade II listed buildings" ) recorded in 1955 made ​​further repairs to the cap, 1956, the five remaining chest pieces / rods also removed. It remained the black tower mill with grinder, cap and a five-fold paddle shaft head. Meanwhile, the City of York had grown to the windmill so that it is now held in a limb in the urban area in a roundabout.

After unsuccessful previous restorations reason the Holgatewindmühlenerhaltungsgesellschaft ( engl. "The Holgate Windmill Preservation Society " with over 600 members ) was launched in 2001 to restore the mill completely. The mill doors opened to the public for the first time after 70 years. 2003 then began the elaborate plans, 2006, the first restoration of the now 236 years old building have been performed: The mill tower was scaffolded to remove the old black tar paint and plaster. He received a new exterior lime plaster, new oak doors and windows, plus a high-voltage connection. Furthermore, the old cap cog wheel ( engl. brake wheel ) and a five-fold paddle shaft head (English ( sail ) cross) as well as the broken iron wreath ring ( turntable was ( wind way engl.) with wing shaft, architraves (English shears ), lifted by crane, , Eng. curb ring ) with the rotten wooden support frame. 2007, most outdoor work ( plaster) had been completed, a new wooden frame with wreath ring was taken in the tower opening sealed against rain, dismantled the scaffolding. 2008, many interior works, 2009 Installation of a toilet, the newly sharpened stones, wood sheathing made ​​( handmade paper ) of stones, handrails in the mill and on the conductors. A new, white cap with ball tower, in a time capsule, cog wheel, paddle shaft, architraves and a five-fold iron vane shaft head with the Windrose holder was placed by crane on 28 November 2009. The mill was further in 2010, among others newly sharpened millstones and her black Beteerung. Five new wings could be installed on 20 December 2011, 2012 was followed by the double blades and about four meter in diameter eight times the wind rose. In April 2012, the five-time wing cross turned by wind power for the first time again since 82 years. The official opening of the fully restored and windmahlfähigen windmill took place under the large public participation on 23 June 2012.

The Müller of Holgatemühle

• George Waud 1770-1792 (builder )
• George Waud ( son ) 1792-1811
• George Waud ( grandson) 1811-1851 ( John Musham Mortgage since 1841, then mill owner since 1851 )
• John Thackwray 1851-1855 ( John Musham 1851-1855 mill owner, Joseph Peart 1855-1866 )
• George & Joseph Chapman ( brothers ) 1858-1860
• William Bean Horseman 1860-1866
• Joseph Chapman 1866-1896 (probably also the owner of the mill)
• Charles Chapman (son of Joseph Chapman ) 1896-1902
• Herbert Warters 1902-1922 ( Gutch family since 1902 owner of the mill)
• Thomas Mollett 1922-1933

Description

The Holgatewindmühle is a tower tower mill with five-fold cross wings and strong conical mill tower with a cylindrical tower completion, built of brick bricks with black pitch-coating, similar to the leaner Lincolnshire windmills. She led the original five simple sailing gate wing, later wing with captain Stephen Hooper's patented Rollreffsegelfügeln (1789 invented; complicated Segelrollreffsystem in which the sail is controlled to reduce the area of ​​the mill, a rod can be rolled), later by double patent wing after Sir William Cubitt (1807 invented; through rods and springs on the so-called spider in front of the wave head remote-controlled blind system ) were replaced. The mill has since 1859 increased by over five floors (originally four): Flour floor, stone floor, loose soil, dust, soil (bagged soil) and cap base. Since then she has " Fitted " by the broken walled cylindrical tower completion as the only tower windmill (English waisted ). Originally the black asphalt mill also a black onion dome and wind rose, since 1939 one white. Five double patent wing ( of different length slats are both sides of the rods ) are on a five-fold paddle shaft head ( " Lincolnshire Cross", English " Lincolnshire cross". All wings, especially five, six and eight, are in one plane, as opposed to the superimposed two pairs of wings mounted in two levels with four wings ) and wing molded shaft. The mill has four pairs of millstones, three pairs of French (French freshwater quartz, highest quality, from La Ferte- sous -Jouarre in Chalons-en -Champagne ( Châlons -sur- Marne) ) and a pair of granite millstones from Derbyshire. She has been completely restored in June 2012 and for the first time after 1930 again windmahlfähig.

Mill data

• Tower Height: 18 m (59 ft)
• Cap height: 23.3 m (76 ft)
• Overall height: 30.7 m (101 ft)
• Span of the wing mill: 22 m (72 ft)
• Weight of five times the wing Cross: 3,5 t
• Base internal width: 8.53 m ( 28 ft )
• Mahlgänge: 4 (3 French, 1 granite)