Trestle (mill)

The trestle of a post mill is the arrangement of the main post, crosstrees and quarterbars that form the substructure of this type of windmill.[1] It may or may not be surrounded by a roundhouse. Post mills without a roundhouse are known as open trestle post mills.[2]

A Trestle Mill.
For other uses, see Trestle (disambiguation).
A mill's trestle.

A trestle mill is a variety of smock mill, usually without weatherboards, formerly used for drainage in the Norfolk Broads.[3] Examples can be found at Horning,[4] Ludham[5] and St Olaves.[6]

References
  1. Farries 1982, pp. 26–27.
  2. Coles Finch 1933, p. 290.
  3. Smith 1990, p. 15.
  4. Smith 1990, pp. 28, 55.
  5. Smith 1990, pp. 30, 56.
  6. Smith 1990, p. 46.
Sources
  • Farries, Kenneth G. (1982). Essex Windmills, Millers and Millwrightes. Vol. Two: A Technical Review. London and Edinburgh: Charles Skilton. ISBN 0 284 98637 2.
  • Smith, Arthur C. (1990). Drainage Windmills of the Norfolk Marshes. Stevenage: Arthur Smith Publication. ISBN 0 9515766 0 7.
  • Coles Finch, William (1933). Watermills and Windmills. London: C. W. Daniel.
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