Tower mill function:Corn mill
- commemorated in nearby plaque
plaque says:
Biggleswade Windmill
Near to this spot stood the tallest and finest windmill in Bedfordshire from 1859 to 1967, demolished in one day.
It was 70 feet high and had five floors, with a gallery around the cap.
The three millstones could grind three tons of grain per hour.
Biggleswade History Society, 2003.
Photos: (1) Howes (a) brakewheel (b) disused with sails (2) photograph of mill derelict with cap exists somewhere, but author not sure where (3) CCL (a) w/o (b) view of fan (4) Elliott (a) w/o, c1919 (b) w/o, 1930 (5) CL (a) disused with fan and sail frames (6) "Old Biggleswade Volume 4", Biggleswade History Society 1992 (a) disused with sails, September 1950 (7) UOK (MC) (a) disused with fan and sails, August 1933
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