Riddings Windmills (SLHS RWM 030)
| Photo ID #: | 762 | |
| Description: | Riddings Mills around 1922 after the sails were removed from James | |
| Category: | Riddings | |
| Location: | Riddings - Windmills | |
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Riddings Corn Mills were built in 1877 by James Oakes and named after James and his wife Sarah. The mills ceased working in 1927. In 1963 they were gutted by fire, listed as unsafe and were subsequently demolished.
In approx. 1890 Sarah's sails were removed and a steam engine substituted because one windmill had robbed the other of wind. In 1918 James' sails were removed along with the steam plant and a 24 horsepower oil engine was then used to drive both mills.