Draper's Mill, Margate, Kent 🌍

Photos: (1) Coles Finch (a-b) w/o, 1905 (both photos also show Little Draper's Mill) (c) with no sails, when working by steam (2) Turpin (WIK) (a-b) w/o with 4 sails, 1970s (c-d) detail of cap, sails and fantail, 1970s (3) The Holmans of Canterbury, OHADSLHG (a) w/o, late C19-early C20 (4) de Little 2 (a) before restoration in 1960 (5) NMR (a) view of base, May 1933 (b-c) derelict with cap, 1964 (6) CKS (a) the 3 mills together as CF (b) w/o, c1900 (c) w/o, c1900 (also shows Little Draper's) (d) w/o, c1910 (also shows Little Draper's) (e) w/o pre-1927, as West (f) with sail frames only, c1922 (also shows Little Draper's) (g) w/o (also shows Little Draper's) (h) disused with cap, c1930 (i) derelict with cap, 1966 (j) preserved with sails still to be fitted, as West (k-m) w/o, 1975 (l) w/o, from the air, 1976 (m-n) w/o, 1977 (o) internal view (p) stone dressing tools (7) "The Archive Photographs Series: The North Thanet Coast", compiled by Alan Kay, Chalford Press 1994 (a) w/o 1900 (also shows Little Drapers' Mill) (8) Mills (a) derelict with cap (b) as restored (9) Clements (a-b) w/o (second photo also shows Little Drapers' Mill) (10) West (a) w/o, pre-1927 (b) restoration complete except for sails (11) Draper's Mill guide, undated (a-b) w/o (c) w/o, C19, also showing Little Draper's Mill and the Pumper (d) derelict with cap, 1966 (e) volunteers clearing debris from inside the base, 1966 (f) under repair, 1968, with scaffolding around smock and some weatherboarding removed (g) exposed framing of meal floor, 1968 (h) weatherboarding of smock renewed and cap in course of reconstruction (i) nearing completion, with first two sail frames just fitted, 1972 (j) shutters being fitted to the first two sweeps, 1972 (k) the last two sweeps in course of fitting, 1975 (12) UOK (MC) (a) disused with cap, August 1934 (b) disused with cap, December 1939 (13) Blythman (a-b) w/o with 2 sails, 1972