kelly58 Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 To-morrow in our village of Moulton will be the fitting of the sails to Moulton Windmill after years of fundraising and restoration at last the sails are ready to be hoisted aloft on Britains Tallest Windmill and there are no one alive now who have ever seen the sails in action since they were blown off in a storm. Lets hope it keeps calm. Hopefully if I do not get called out I will be able to take some pics and post them later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
art338 Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 Look forward to some pictures then and where's Moulton? art Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiderb Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 Moulton Windmill,High Street,Moulton,Nr Spalding PE12 6QB hope that's of some help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malc d Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 Moulton is east of Weston. ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelly58 Posted November 21, 2011 Author Share Posted November 21, 2011 As promised the pics of the sails aloft after over 100 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malc d Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 You've been conned. It's a heavily disguised wind farm. ( Good pics though - thanks ) ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PJay Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 Great to see it restored. Will it be used as a mill? PS Don't mind this kind of wind energy !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JENIAN Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 As the sails were being erected the sky was grey. When all sails were in place, blue skies. Good omen me thinks. We will travel down to see the mill. :-D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelly58 Posted November 21, 2011 Author Share Posted November 21, 2011 Yes when its sorted it will be a working mill. Good bread making Flour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birder Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 We will certainly pay it a visit next time we are in the area - loved the photos :-D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Collings Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 Modern cranes make the job relatively easy. You have to admire how the original builders managed to do the job. My guess is they used sheerlegs, a sort of tripod arrangement used for installing sailing ships masts . Has any body a better suggestion? Dont forget the hard hats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelly58 Posted November 22, 2011 Author Share Posted November 22, 2011 We discussed this yesterday whilst watching the lift it was said that the new sails complete weigh just over 5 tons these new main spars are made of alloy with the timber sails bolted to them cannot imagine what they would weigh if they were solid timber and how the old one's were lifted aloft would be an amazing feat to see.The original ones were blown off over 100 years ago in a severe storm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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