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Industry => Mills => Topic started by: bertroid on September 15, 2019, 12:34:18 PM

Title: Barham, Black Windmill
Post by: bertroid on September 15, 2019, 12:34:18 PM

Deleted, so it can't be plagiarised (ironically)
 

Title: Re: Barham, Black Windmill
Post by: Smiffy on September 15, 2019, 01:26:32 PM

Windmills seem so prone to catching fire it's amazing that any of them have survived. The ones painted with tar must have been impossible to extinguish once the fire took hold.

Title: Re: Barham, Black Windmill
Post by: bertroid on September 15, 2019, 01:35:23 PM

Quote from: Smiffy on September 15, 2019, 01:26:32 PM

Windmills seem so prone to catching fire it's amazing that any of them have survived. The ones painted with tar must have been impossible to extinguish once the fire took hold.

This one went in about half an hour.  A millwright was burning material near the mill, is all I would say.  He emigrated to the US shortly afterwards.  Is anyone struggling to add images on here? 

Title: Re: Barham, Black Windmill
Post by: Smiffy on September 15, 2019, 01:40:26 PM

I was going to try out the direct upload option but it seems that it isn't working at the moment.

Title: Re: Barham, Black Windmill
Post by: CAT on October 04, 2019, 03:29:02 PM

I guess these could be called 'before and after'?