Alford Windmill - The Seven Storeys

The Seven Storeys

1. ground floor (contains a hurst frame with the engine-driven (from the outside) fourth pair of (grey) stones)
2. storage floor
3. spout (stage) floor (also called meal floor)
4. stones floor (with the original three pairs of stones (one grey pair, two French pairs)
5. lower bin floor
6. upper bin floor (with the sack hoist)
7. dust or cap floor (providing access to the inside of the cap)

The mill provides a flywheel at the mill's base connected by pulley to a town gas driven engine in the adjacent shed. This engine makes the mill independent of wind if it is insufficient to drive the sailcross. In its heyday Alford Mill was capable of grinding 4 to 5 tonnes of corn a day.