DJI Mini 2 SE: Salvington Windmill

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Published on September 13, 2024 7:16:17 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqbhepJE034

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High Salvington Windmill had worked for nearly 150 years when it closed in 1897. In 1907/8 the old timber roundhouse was replaced with a concrete construction – used as a tea room well into the 1950s.

Worthing Borough Council purchased the mill in 1959 and Edwin Hole, Millwrights, undertook restoration works in the early 1960s.


Restoration work: The mill complete with the steel frame
During a gale in 1976, one of the giant stocks carrying the sails broke and a subsequent inspection revealed that all was far from well. The ravages of nature and the deathwatch beetle had seriously weakened timbers in the trestle supporting the 40 tons or so of the buck (the body of the mill).

Before restoration of the buck could commence, the trestle supporting the 38ft (11.5m) high mill had to be renewed. In order to lighten the mill, the stones and machinery were removed and stored.

Later, a large steel frame was erected to support the weight of the buck while the trestle and crown-tree were replaced. The crown tree is a huge baulk of oak sitting on top of the post bearing the whole weight of the mill.#drone
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