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Drainage wind engine established
A wind-powered drainage engine was established at Kilpin Brickworks.
Site overview
Kilpin Brickworks windpump was a wind-powered drainage engine at Kilpin. It is recorded as a wind engine rather than a corn mill and was associated with drainage at the brickworks site. Its construction date, working chronology, machinery arrangement, and final working date have not been established.
The site is identified as the former Kilpin Brickworks windpump location.
Map
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No site photograph is currently available. Images will be added as field visits are carried out.
History
Kilpin Brickworks windpump was a wind-powered drainage engine at Kilpin. The site was not a corn tower mill, but a wind engine used for drainage in connection with the brickworks landscape. Its construction date has not been established, and the details of its pump machinery and operating life remain uncertain.
The final working date is not known. The site remains identified as the location of the Kilpin Brickworks windpump.
Timeline
Sources and records
Windmill World site entry
Mills Archive mill record
Photographers Resource Yorkshire windmills list
Mills Archive mill record
Photographers Resource Yorkshire windmills list