Fan staging on a windmill at Tottenhill in Norfolk, 1936. Artist: HES Simmons

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Fan staging on a windmill at Tottenhill in Norfolk, 1936. The fantail is a device for rotating the mill in order to keep the sails facing the wind at all times. This type of fan carriage was traditional in Suffolk, but also used on some Norfolk mills.

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Size: 3540px × 5321px
Location: World,Europe,United Kingdom,England,Norfolk
Photo credit: © Reproduced by permission of Historic England/Heritage Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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