Copton Pumping Windmill
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Copton Mill is a tower mill in Copton, Faversham, Kent, England that was built in 1863[1] to pump water for Faversham Water Company's waterworks.[2] It is just south of junction 6 of the M2 motorway.
History
Copton Mill was built by the millwrights Spray and Harmer in 1863.[1] The mill was marked on the 1858–72 and 1903–10 Ordnance Survey maps. It was worked by wind until 1930, when the cap and sails were removed and replaced with a Script error: No such module "convert". water tank.[1]
Owners
- Faversham Water Company
- Mid Kent Water Company
- South East Water
Description
Script error: No such module "For". Copton Mill is a three-storey brick tower mill which formerly had a Kentish-style cap. It had four patent sails[2] Script error: No such module "convert". long and Script error: No such module "convert". wide[3] carried on a cast-iron windshaft. The mill was winded by a fantail. It was rated at Script error: No such module "convert". and could pump Script error: No such module "convert". of water per hour.[2] An oil engine was used as auxiliary power.[3]
References
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External links
- Windmill World page on the mill.
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