The Reedham Ferry Drainage Mill, also known as North Mill and The Red Mill, is a former drainage windmill found on the River Yare on The Broads at Reedham, Norfolk. It is now a privately owned holiday home.
History The mill was built in the 1840s. It was modernised in the 1890s by Englands, millwrights of Acle. The mill worked until 1936. In the late 1950s it was converted by Geoffrey Livingston, a businessman from Leicester into a holiday home.
Description As built, the mill had four Common sails and was winded by a tailpole. It drove a scoopwheel. As modernised, the mill had a boat shape cap. Four Patent sails were carried on a cast iron windshaft. The mill was winded by an eight-bladed fantail. It drove an Appold turbine.
In media The Reedham Ferry Drainage Mill is seen in episode 2 of the UK TV series, Interceptor.
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