From Windmill to House
Including technical details of Coddington Tower Mill
Conversion
Technical Details of Coddington Tower Mill
from the Newcomen Society, 1962
Coddington Mill |
Tower |
4-storey, tarred and flared at the base |
Cap |
ogee-shaped and (unusually) is painted black |
Curbs |
‘live curbs’ – all other Nottingham mills except Tuxford have shot or dead curbs |
Sails |
two single and two double patent anti-clockwise sails. The sails are dished. The bull-nose front striking gear that had a plate instead of a spider. |
Windshaft |
has an iron neck-bearing with no brass and a 9 inch diameter neck |
Brake wheels, brakes & wallowers |
Pitch of Cogs – 4 in; Brake Wheel – 80 wood; No. of cogs in wallower – 32 solid wood built up in four parts; Great Spur Wheel – 64 wood |
Great spur wheels & stone nuts |
Coddington and Arnesby mills have mortise wheels. The cap of the top bearing of the quant was removed; one quant was of wrought iron and 3 in. by 1in. section. |
Stones & Governers |
The many-height was called a “Nick Bates” |
Sack Hoists & Dressing Machines |
A large boulter was driven from a downturned bevel ring on the underside of the great spur wheel and there was a subsidiary belt to a crank-driven shaker at the upper end of the bolter to ensure a regular feed |
Auxiliary Power |
A 15hp Crossley gas engine was used |
Miscellaneous Details |
The mill was built in 1859 – said to have given 40 hp under good conditions. Damage by blast from a land mine during the last war ended her working life. On the bolter was inscribed the following:-
“Brush me well and keep me clean The work I’ll do will soon be seen But I am like ladies fair I love to dress I do declare”
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Follow these links for more information about the mill:
Coddington Windmill Introduction
Milling around Newark before 1600
Milling and Millers from 1600 – 1830
The Lee family at Coddington mill 1830 onwards