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Monday 20 January 2014
Sunday 15 December 2013
Sails Go On
On Tuesday 10th December 2013 all four sails were fitted to the mill.
We are extremely grateful to the residents of Mill Close for putting up with the disturbance and any inconvenience that may have been caused.
Click on a photo to see a larger version. A video is to be found at the bottom of this page.
We are extremely grateful to the residents of Mill Close for putting up with the disturbance and any inconvenience that may have been caused.
Click on a photo to see a larger version. A video is to be found at the bottom of this page.
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| Before the sails went on. |
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| Part of the Striking Gear on a sail. |
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| The first sail goes on |
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| Securing the first sail and attaching the striking gear. |
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| The cherry picker stopped working so the Millwrights climbed the sail to tighten the bolts etc. |
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| Add your own amusing caption! |
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| About an hour later the first pair of sails have been turned to a horizontal position ready for the second pair to be fitted. |
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| Neil, the Millwright, signals to the crane operator. |
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| Luke Bonwick the Mill Consultant is interviewed for a visitor information video that will be played inside the mill. |
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| Unhooking the crane from the sail. (Thankfully the cherry picker started working again after being turned off and on again!) |
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| The fourth and final sail is lifted. |
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| Neil prepares one of the nuts and bolts that secure the sail. |
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| Four sails at last! |
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| Neil shakes hands with Jane Phillimore, Fresh Wind in Our Sails Project Manager. |
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| Neil also shakes hands with John Waller, one of the Museum Trustees. (Neil and his colleague Steve also received a round of applause from everyone watching the work) |
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| The crane heads off. |
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| Stevens' Mill seen from the museum site. The remaining shutters were fitted to the sails and the sails turned by the wind for the first time on Friday 13/12/13. |
Video
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Wednesday 4 December 2013
Sails!
Santa has come early at Burwell Museum and has given us 4 shiny sails for our windmill!
The sails (click here to see photos)
The windmill sails are due to be fitted on Tuesday 10th December.
Check our Facebook or Twitter pages for updates.
The sails (click here to see photos)
The windmill sails are due to be fitted on Tuesday 10th December.
Check our Facebook or Twitter pages for updates.
Friday 22 November 2013
Restoration Update - 22nd Nov 2013
Our millwrights have nearly finished the work on the windmill sails and now hope be be able to attach them to the mill sometime in the week commencing 8th December. The millwrights will need a couple of days to prepare the sails on site before they go on. Attaching the sails to the mill is a weather dependant operation - ideally a calm, dry day.
Our millwrights will update us closer to the time and we will the pass on this information as soon as possible.
Members of the public and media will be most welcome to watch the sails being attached.
Residents of Saxon Drive, Mill Lane and Mill Close will receive a letter from us to inform them of the work.
Before that, though, we are going to be on tv!
A couple of weeks ago a production company working for the BBC came to do some filming at Stevens' Mill which included interviews with Paul, the Museum Trust Chairman, Jane, Fresh Wind in Our Sails Project Manager, and Luke, Mill Consultant.
At the moment we don't know how much Burwell material will be shown in the programme. The programme is called Restoring England's Heritage and is due to be broadcast in the BBC Look East region on Thursday 5th December at 7:30pm. It should be available nationally after broadcast via the BBC iPlayer. More information here http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03k1zh7
Our millwrights will update us closer to the time and we will the pass on this information as soon as possible.
Members of the public and media will be most welcome to watch the sails being attached.
Residents of Saxon Drive, Mill Lane and Mill Close will receive a letter from us to inform them of the work.
Before that, though, we are going to be on tv!
A couple of weeks ago a production company working for the BBC came to do some filming at Stevens' Mill which included interviews with Paul, the Museum Trust Chairman, Jane, Fresh Wind in Our Sails Project Manager, and Luke, Mill Consultant.
At the moment we don't know how much Burwell material will be shown in the programme. The programme is called Restoring England's Heritage and is due to be broadcast in the BBC Look East region on Thursday 5th December at 7:30pm. It should be available nationally after broadcast via the BBC iPlayer. More information here http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03k1zh7
Wednesday 6 November 2013
Restoration Update - 6th November 2013
The last of the scaffolding surrounding the mill was removed today (6th November 2013) as the builders have now finished the painting of the exterior of the mill. This means that the site is now clear for our millwrights to install the 2 renovated and 2 new sails later this month (hopefully - weather permitting). Our volunteer "Shutter Team" have finished making and painting all the new shutters and these have been collected by the millwrights and fitted into the sails. The sails will remain at the millwrights yard in Lincolnshire until the installation day.
Keep checking this Blog or our Facebook or Twitter pages for the date of the installation of the sails.
Keep checking this Blog or our Facebook or Twitter pages for the date of the installation of the sails.
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