List of windmills in Rhode Island

This is a list of traditional windmills in the American state of Rhode Island.

See all having coordinates in "Map all coordinates using OpenSourceMap" at right.

Locations Known building dates are in bold text. Non-bold text denotes first known date. Iron windpumps are outside the scope of this list unless listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Windmill Location Type Built Notes Photograph Harbor Mill Block Island Smock c. 1810 Blown down 1938 Littlefield Mill Block Island 1877 Standing 1900 Bristol Smock 1797 Moved to Fairhaven, Massachusetts 1821. Bristol Smock Mid-18th century Moved to Fall River, Massachusetts William Boyd's Mill Bristol Blown down 1815. East Street East Greenwich Smock c. 1790 Moved within East Greenwich 1874 East Greenwich Mill East Greenwich Smock 1874 Jamestown Mill Jamestown Smock 1787 (1st mill) Little Compton (2nd mill) Little Compton Boyd's MillEight sails Middletown Smock 1810/2001 Prescott Farm Mill Middletown Smock 1970 Chase Mill Middletown Smock 1797 Moved within Middletown c. 1855. Chase Mill Middletown Smock c. 1855 Moved to South Dartmouth, Massachusetts 1924. Harkness Mill Middletown Smock 1845 Burnt down November 1905. Boothden MillMock mill, never a working windmill Middletown Smock 1883 Burnt down early 20th century Newport Tower Newport Tower c. 1677 Windmill Newport Smock Moved to Middletown (Chase Mill) at unknown date. Windmill Newport 1663 Blown down 1675 Quaker Hill Mill Portsmouth Smock Moved within Portsmouth c. 1876 Lehigh Hill Mill Portsmouth Smock c. 1876 Moved to Middletown 1970 John Peterson's Mill Portsmouth Smock 1810 Dismantled 1995, rebuilt at Middletown 2001. Windmill Tiverton Smock Moved to Newport at unknown date. Windmill Warren Smock 1812 Moved to Fall River, Massachusetts at unknown date Windmill unknown location Smock 1770s Moved to Block Island c. 1810.

See also Wind power in Rhode Island

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