A view of Preston Mill, showing the smock mill without sails but still working

Date:
Apr 1929
Location:
Preston Mill, Faversham, Preston, Swale, Kent
Reference:
AA028951
Type:
Photograph (Nitrate Negative)
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Description

This smock mill was built in the early 19th century. A boiler, steam engine and large chimney were added in 1859 and its sails were removed in 1914 after one had broken off. By the early 1930s the mill had become derelict and was demolished in 1943.

Content

This is part of the Series: SHE01/01 Francis Shea: Series Of Negatives; within the Collection: SHE01 Francis Shea Collection

Rights

© Francis Matthew Shea

People & Organisations

Photographer: Shea, Francis Matthew

Keywords

Georgian Smock Mill, Georgian Windmill, Georgian Corn Mill