"Windmill"
Thorpeness windmill is a 'Post Mill',one of two common types of mill found in England.It takes its name from the central post upon which the whole body of the Mill rests and rotates.In the roundhouse of the mill you can clearly see the post,and trestle of wooden booms that support it,held off the ground by four thick pillars.In 1923 the mill was dismantled from Aldringham and brought over to its new home by local millwright,Amos Clarke and his son.This was a laborious task,but not uncommon in the past when mills were much more widespread and part of everyday life in East Anglia.Once at Thorpeness the mill had to be converted from corn grinding to pumping water.The hardest job would be to create a hole through the central post of the mill to accommodate the the pump rod that connected with the water pump 30ft below ground.The windmill could now pump water,but there was nowhere to store...
