The Maud Foster Mill, in Boston, Lincolnshire, England
Boston's Maud Foster Mill is a five-sailed tower mil, built in 1819 by Norman & Smithson of Hull. It is 80 foot high to the top of the cap and takes its name from the adjacent Maud Foster Drain. The brick tower and ogee cap are typical of Lincolnshire, as is the use of more than four sails. Many Lincolnshire mills had five or six sails (a handful had eight); the five-sailers may have had a theoretical advantage, but six-sailers were considered more practical (as in the event of damage they could be - and were - worked with four, three or just two sails). Commercial milling ceased in the 1940s, but it was restored in 1988 and now produces organic stone ground flour. Although a working mill, it is open to the public.
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Location: Horncastle Road, Boston, Lincolnshire, England
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