Eastbridge Windpump
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Eastbridge Windpump is a smock mill that served as a pumping station until it was relocated to the Museum of East Anglian Life, Stowmarket, Suffolk, England and which was then restored to working order.
History
Eastbridge Windpump was probably built in the mid nineteenth century by Robert Martin, the Beccles millwright.[1] It was originally part of the structures built to maintain the drainage of the Minsmere Levels, Eastbridge, Leiston (Script error: No such module "Ordnance Survey coordinates".).[2] In the early 1920s, millwright Dan England of Ludham reinforced the mill by bolting the frame from a nearby smock mill (Script error: No such module "Ordnance Survey coordinates".), which had collapsed, over the weatherboarding.[3] It worked by wind until 1940. After the war, an iron windpump was erected nearby to take over from Eastbridge Windpump. On 19 February 1977, Eastbridge Windpump collapsed.[4] The remains were dismantled by members of Suffolk Mills Group in July 1977 and later incorporated into the rebuilt mill at the Museum of East Anglian Life, Stowmarket. The restoration work was done by Jameson Marshall Ltd.[2]
Description
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Public access
Eastbridge Windpump is open to the public and may be viewed externally during normal opening times of the Museum of East Anglian Life.[5]
References
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External links
- Suffolk Mills Group webpage on Eastbridge Windpump.
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