Windmills, Picturesque and Historic: The Motors of the PastShelton, F. H.
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Windmills, Picturesque and Historic: The Motors of the Past
Shelton, F. H.
Windmills -- History
For, while of course the fine stone work and carving and detail are
missing, in this colonial condition, the general dimensions, the design
and the interior arrangements are in substance the same throughout. It
needs only the comparison of the plans of the two--side by side--to be
satisfied as to that. Governor Arnold’s birthplace and connection afford
the reason of the similarity, and his will even speaks of “my stone
built windmill.” This old structure, still standing--as to its walls--in
Truro Park, Newport, R. I., is perhaps America’s greatest colonial
relic, and with its prototype of Chesterton constitutes the most unique
pair of windmills, having the greatest historic interest, of any
attaching to our country’s windmill history.
NOTE:
[A] Presented at a meeting of the Mechanical and Engineering
Section, held Thursday, March 14, 1918.
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