Herringfleet wind pump,
A smock drainage mill, built in the 1820s and worked by marshmen until the 1950s. The last pumping mill of its type, with cloth-spread sails and a cap turned by tailpole and winch. Water is lifted from the dyke by the external scoopwheel. The mill pumps on open days.
Size: 3381px × 5050px
Location: Herringfleet, Suffolk, England, UK
Photo credit: © Michael Hawkridge / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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