2011

TF3344 : Maud Foster Mill - Sack Hoist

taken 13 years ago, near to Boston, Lincolnshire, England

Maud Foster Mill - Sack Hoist
Maud Foster Mill - Sack Hoist
This is quite a simple mechanism in the cap, the miller pulls on a rope connected to the steel rod. This lifts the large wooden post and thus engaging hoist onto the wallower.
Maud Foster Windmill - Boston

Maud Foster Windmill is a seven-storey, five sail windmill located in the Lincolnshire town of Boston. The building is perfectly designed to draw on the good supply of Lincolnshire wind, the five patent sails can make milling possible on most days.
She was built for Thomas and Isaac Reckitt in 1819 by the Hull millwrights Norman and Smithson. Alongside is a granary, there also used to be a steam powered bone mill. Having changed owners many times Maud Foster was preserved in the 1950s. Nowadays she is a successful commercial venture and is fully accessible. Inside is mostly original machinery, iron has been used for the main shaft and cogs.
On the ground floor there is a hurst frame and various flour mixers and grain machines. Throughout there are the usual technologies including a governor, two Derbyshire millgrits, one French Burr and friction sack hoist.


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TF3344, 150 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Ashley Dace   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 15 January, 2011   (more nearby)
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Saturday, 15 January, 2011
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OSGB36: geotagged! TF 332 447 [100m precision]
WGS84: 52:59.0286N 0:1.0321W
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OSGB36: geotagged! TF 332 447
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