Back tothumbnails

Fan staging on a windmill at Tottenhill in Norfolk, 1936. Artist: HES Simmons

Fan staging on a windmill at Tottenhill in Norfolk, 1936. Artist: HES Simmons

1-231-080 - Reproduced by permission of Historic England/Heritage Images

Fan staging on a windmill at Tottenhill in Norfolk, 1936. The fantail is a device for rotating the mill in order to keep the sails facing the wind at all times. This type of fan carriage was traditional in Suffolk, but also used on some Norfolk mills.

Image Details

People Information

Creator
  1. HES Simmons, attributed to: (British?): Photographer
Medium
  1. Photograph
Geographic Hierarchy

World Europe United Kingdom England Norfolk

  1. 52 40 00 N , 001 00 00 E
Category Hierarchy

Locations & Buildings Other

Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 3540x5322
File Size : 55,195kb

Aliases

  1. W660A
  1. 0250000638
  1. 1-231-080
  1. 1231080
  1. 638
  1. A3
  1. W660A

Keywords - refine your search by combining multiple keywords below.

Back to top