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Windpump adapted for threshing power
Wester Hatton Windpump was apparently adapted at one time to power a threshing mill at Easter Hatton by pulleys and wire-rope drive.
Site overview
Wester Hatton Windpump stands on the edge of Broom Hill, north-west of Wester Hatton farm. Donnachie and Stewart record the remains as an early windpump of wrought iron standing on a stone base. The structure was about 40 feet high and had been out of action for more than 100 years when recorded in the 1960s.
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History
Wester Hatton Windpump is a former wind-powered pump near Wester Hatton in Aberdeenshire. Donnachie and Stewart record the site at NJ 956162, on the edge of Broom Hill about 500 yards north-west of Wester Hatton farm. The remains consisted of an early wrought-iron windpump standing on a stone base and about 40 feet high.
The pump had been out of action for more than 100 years when recorded for Scottish Windmills: An Outline and Inventory. The same account states that it had apparently also been adapted at one time to power a threshing mill at Easter Hatton by the addition of pulleys and wire-rope drive. The authors noted that it could not really be considered a windmill, but included it as an interesting example of an iron windpump.
No construction date, maker, ownership sequence, or final working date has been established from the sources checked.
Timeline
1967
Windpump remains recorded
Donnachie and Stewart recorded the remains of the wrought-iron windpump on a stone base at Wester Hatton.
Sources and records
Scottish Windmills: An Outline and Inventory; Windmill World site entry