Description
For a description of the machinery, see Mill machinery.Stanford mill is a five storey tower mill which formerly had a Kentish type cap. It had four patent sails carried on a cast iron windshaft. The mill was winded by a fantail and there was a stage at first floor level. The mill drove four pairs of millstones, two steel mills and two roller mills. The Brake wheel is a composite one, with iron arms and a wooden rim. This drives a cast iron Wallower. The Great Spur Wheel is also of cast iron. The mill drives to the millstones is overdrift.
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