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Windpump

A windpump is similar to a windmill. However, it is not used for milling grain, but for draining arable or other land.

There are many windpumps in The Broads National Park, in both the Norfolk Broads and the Suffolk Broads.

Tower mills:

Post mills:

Smock mills:

To be categorised: *Priory Mill[?], St. Olaves

  • Boardman's Mill, open framed timber trestle windpump
  • Flatford Mill
  • Briggate Mill
  • Stracey Arms Mill
  • Lockgate Mill
  • Mutton's Mill
  • High's Mill
  • Cadge's Mill
  • Kerrison's Level Mill
  • Runham Swim Mill



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