Fort Green Mill, Aldeburgh
Windmill in Aldeburgh, Suffolk, United Kingdom
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Fort Green Mill is a tower mill at Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England which has been converted to residential accommodation.
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The mill in 2007 | |
 Interactive map of Aldeburgh Windmill | |
| Origin | |
| Mill name | Fort Green Mill |
| Mill location | TM 464 559 |
| Coordinates | 52°08′46″N 1°36′09″E |
| Operator | Private |
| Year built | 1824 |
| Information | |
| Purpose | Corn mill |
| Type | Tower mill |
| Storeys | Four storeys |
| No. of sails | Four sails |
| Type of sails | Patent sails |
| Windshaft | Cast iron |
| Winding | Fantail |
| Fantail blades | Six blades |
| No. of pairs of millstones | Two pairs |
History
Description
Fort Green Mill is a four-storey tower mill. It had four patent sails and the domed cap was winded by a fantail. It had two pairs of millstones.[4] A photograph of the working mill (above) shows that the sails were double patents carried on a cast-iron windshaft and the fantail had six blades.
There is an inscription in Danish, formerly above one of the doors, now on a wall, "Herren skal bevare din udgang og din indgang". It means "The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in," from Psalm 121 verse 8.