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Contents 1 New Windmill Article 1.1 History 1.2 Restoration 1.3 Description 1.3.1 Trestle and roundhouse 1.3.2 Body 1.3.3 Sails and Windshaft 1.3.4 Machinery 1.3.5 Fantail 1.4 Millers 1.5 Public access 1.6 External links 1.7 References 2 New list 3 New Ship article 3.1 History 3.2 Accident 3.3 References 3.4 External Link 4 New Article 5 New Giant Hovercraft 5.1 Concept 5.2 Proposed Builders 5.3 References 5.4 External links 5.5 References 6 Infobox Windmill 7 Templates 8 Railway template

[edit] New Windmill Article

Ramsey Windmill (TM 209 304 51°55′44″N 1°12′47″E / 51.929, 1.213) is a grade II* listed^[1] Post mill at Ramsey, Essex, England which has been restored to working order.

[edit] History

Ramsey Windmill was originally built in Woodbridge, Suffolk. It was the north westerly one of four mills on the Mill Hills shown on the 1838 tithe map. The mill was moved to Ramsey in 1842 by Henry Collins, millwright of Woodbridge. The mill was working until the Second World War, and then left to deteriorate until 1974 when a new owner set about restoring the mill.^[2]

[edit] Restoration

The mill was restored to working order between 1979 and 1983. A complete new roof was fitted, and the tail of the mill rebuilt. New sails were fitted, and the mill official opened by Hervey Benham^[3] on 13 November 1983.

[edit] Description

Ramsey Windmill is a post mill with a three storey roundhouse. The mill was winded by a roof mounted fantail, similar to that seen at Icklesham today. It has four double Patent sails. There are two pairs of millstones in the breast and a third pair in the tail.^[2]

[edit] Trestle and roundhouse

The trestle is of oak. The main post is 17 feet 6 inches (5.33 m) in length, 27 inches (686 mm) square at its base. The mill was built with a roundhouse from the start. Having started life in Suffolk, and being moved by a Suffolk millwright, the normal practice from that county was followed, with the roundhouse having three storeys.^[4]

[edit] Body

The body of the mill measures 16 feet (4.88 m) by 10 feet 4 inches (3.15 m) in plan. The mill is 48 feet 6 inches (14.78 m) high overall. The Crowntree is 22½ inches (572 mm) square in section. The side girts are 9 inches (229 mm) by 14 inches (356 mm) in zection.^[4]

[edit] Sails and Windshaft

Ramsey Mill has a cast iron windshaft and four double Patent sails.^[4]

[edit] Machinery

The wooden Head Wheel is of clasp arm construction, 7 feet 3 inches (2.21 m) diameter, with 90 cogs of 3 inches (76 mm) pitch. It drives two pairs of overdrift French Burr millstones via a cast iron Wallower and Spur Wheel. The cast iron Tail Wheel is 4 feet (1.22 m) diameter. It drives a single pair of underdrift 3 feet 4 inches (1.02 m) diameter millstones via an Upright Shaft and Spur wheel.^[4]

[edit] Fantail

Ramsey Windmill was winded by a six-bladed roof mounted fantail, which blew off in 1939. The drive was down the back of the mill and thence to a ring set above the join of the quarterbars to the main post.^[4][5]

[edit] Millers

• Robert Brooks 1842 - 1870
• Robert Brooks Jr 1870 -
• John Brooks 1887 -
• L Lungley - 1937
• R M Scott 1939

References for above:-^[2]

[edit] Public access

The mill is open to the public on the third Sunday of each month in between May and October.^[6]

[edit] External links

• Windmill World webpage on Ramsey Windmill.

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Career
Name:	Renasa
Builder:	Stocznia Koźle Serwis Sp z o.o., Poland
Yard number:	1030
Status:	In service
General characteristics
Class and type:	River tanker
Length:	85 metres (278 ft 10 in)
Beam:	9.50 metres (31 ft 2 in)
Draught:	4.70 metres (15 ft 5 in)

The Renasa is a Dutch river tanker which was involved in an accident on 9 January 2004 which demolished a windmill.

[edit] History

Renasa was built by Stocznia Kozle Serwis Sp z o.o., (now Damen Shipyards Kozle) and launched in 1999.^[7]

[edit] Accident

On 9 January 2004, Renasa was involved in an accident on the Prinses Margrietkanaal which resulted in the Haensmole, (Grouw, Friesland), which stood on the corner of the Pikmeer, being demolished. The Haensmole has since been repaired and rebuilt in a new position by the Biggemeer.^[8][9]

[edit] References

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[edit] External Link

• Dutch Mill Database page on the windmill, including several photographs of the destroyed mill after the accident (Dutch).

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[edit] New Giant Hovercraft

Career (United Kingdom)
Name:	New Giant Hovercraft
Builder:	Atlas Hovercraft Inc.
Status:	Concept design
General characteristics
Class and type:	Hovercraft
Length:	65 metres (213 ft 3 in)
Beam:	35 metres (114 ft 10 in)
Draught:	203 millimetres (8.0 in)
Capacity:	2,000 passengers / 120 cars and 1,000 passengers / 12 HGVs

The New Giant Hovercraft (NGH) is a planned future hovercraft. The proposed builders are Atlas Hovercraft Inc., of Green Cove Springs, Florida.

[edit] Concept

The NGH is designed to carry either 2,000 passengers or 120 cars and 1,000 passengers in a two deck layout; or 12 HGVs in a single deck layout, thus giving a 500 tonne payload for the single deck version. The unit cost for eight to twelve hovercraft is estimated at US$40m-$50m each.^[10][11]

[edit] Proposed Builders

The proposed builders are Atlas Hovercraft Inc., who currently build the AH-100 and AH-26 hovercraft. Atlas have been involved in the NGH concept and are prepared to build it if a customer should place an order.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

Atlas Hovercraft

Category:Hovercraft

[edit] References

[edit] Infobox Windmill

The windmill infobox is intended for use on traditional windmills, not modern wind turbines. It will need to include the following information:-

• mill name= (use where a mill has a name, Black Mill, Smith's Mill etc, may be more than one name or left blank)
• mill location= (use in all cases}
• built= (use for year of building, may be a year, decade or early/mid/late century)
• purpose= (use for function of mill)
• type= (may be Composite, Hollow Post, Horizontal, Open Trestle Post, Paltok, Post with Roundhouse, Smock, Tower, or Trestle)
• storeys= (use for Tower mills, do not count cap; for Smock mills count the smock only; for Post mills count floors in body only)
• base storeys= (use for Smock mills only, may be 0 if mill on on a very low base)
• roundhouse storeys = (may be 1, 2 or 3)
• smock sides= (may be 4, 6, 8, 10 or 12, used for Smock and Trestle mills)
• sail number= (may be 4, 5, 6, 8 or 12, (except in Horizontal mills))
• sail type= (may be Common, Patent, Roller Reefing, Spring, or Spring Patent, not used for Horizontal mills, may be a combination)
• windshaft= (may be wood, wood with cast iron poll end, or cast iron)
• winding= (may be hand, fantail, tailpole, or winch}
• blades= (may be 5, 6, 7 or 8 - only used if winding=fantail)
• power= (may be used for auxiliary power - electric motor, gas engine, oil engine, steam engine - may be more than one in succession, use dates if known and line break for each)
• stones= (use for number of pairs of millstones, may be 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5, may be edge stones)
• stone size= (use for size of millstones if known)
• stone drive= (may be underdrift or overdrift)
• saw type= (use for sawmills, may be circular or reciprocating)
• pump type= (use for drainage mills, may be Appold, Archimedes Screw, plunger, scoopwheel, three-throw)
• scoopwheel dia= (use for diameter of scoopwheel if known)
• lost= (use for date of mill's demolition or destruction)
• notes= (use for any other information, such as building of replica mills on existing bases etc., details of mill removals - original location, date of removal etc)

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