Continuing our tour..
Weights were utilized on most windmills to help control the speed. Windmill companies tried to distinguish themselves by the type of weight they used.
Some examples of weights used – love the animals:
The next room was the grinding stone room. We watched a great video on grinding stones from early peoples thru present time.
“Mill stones work in pairs. The bead stone is stationary and the runner stone rotated above it, hung on a vertical spindle. The milling faces of the stones are given deep furrows and groves that help break up the grain. Over time, these furrows wore down with use and had to constantly be recut, a process known as “dressing the stone”. (Of course you realize that as the stone wears down, it gets mixed into the grain, which you then eat).”
Different grooves are used for different things. Notice the different grooves in the pictures:
Hershey Chocolate Company stones:
Here is the post mill post:
The posts were dated when they were put in service.
The Flowerdew Hundred Post Mill is now located outside the museum which I will cover in Part 3.
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