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The 30-foot (9.1 m) high windmill was built in 1787 to coarse grind flint corn to feed to animals and finer corn meal for farmer families to eat. It was built after the British occupational forces destroyed the previous mill around the time of the
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on a half acre of Col. Joseph Wanton's farm, which was confiscated because he was a tory. It operated until 1896. Several renovations were done in the 20th century, and it is maintained by the Jamestown Historical Society. It was added to the
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Jamestown Sampler, Bertram Lippencott, 1980, GO Publishing Corporation
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Jamestown Windmill is located in Rhode Island
Jamestown Windmill is located in the United States
Jamestown, Rhode Island
41°30′59″N 71°22′28″W / 41.51639°N 71.37444°W / 41.51639; -71.37444
Windmill Hill Historic District
ID73000276
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smock mill
Jamestown, Rhode Island
Windmill Hill Historic District
Battle of Rhode Island
National Register of Historic Places
Windmill viewed from the grounds of the Friends Meeting House (Jamestown, Rhode Island)
Friends Meeting House (Jamestown, Rhode Island)
Friends Meeting House (Jamestown, Rhode Island) with Jamestown Windmill in background
Friends Meeting House (Jamestown, Rhode Island)
National Register of Historic Places listings in Newport County, Rhode Island
Jamestown tourism information
"Historic and Architectural Resources of Jamestown, Rhode Island," (Rhode Island Historical Preservation & Heritage Commission)


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