Some facts about the Upminster Smock Mill

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Brake Wheel 78 teeth
Wallower 43 teeth
Great Spur Wheel 126 teeth
Stone Nuts 23 teeth
Crown Wheel - stone floor 40 teeth
Pinion (countershaft) 16 teeth
   
Pulley driving sack hoist 18" dia.  (457mm)
Driven sack hoist pulley 30.5" dia.  (780mm)
Sack hoist drum 12.5" dia.  (315mm)
Driven pulley - second countershaft 17" dia.  (432mm)
Driving pulley to wire machine 19.5" dia.  (496mm)
Driven pulley to wire machine 10" dia.  (254mm)
Driving pulley to bolter 4.5" dia.  (114mm)
Driven pulley to bolter 18" dia.  (457mm)
   
Approximate speeds assuming sails at 14 rpm  
   
Main shaft 25 rpm
Stones 140 rpm
1st countershaft 63.5 rpm
2nd countershaft 147 rpm
Wire machine 71.5 rpm
Bolter 37 rpm
Sack hoist 87 rpm
   
Approximate Dimensions  
   
Height to top of cap 56'  (17m)
Height to top of fan-tail 66'  (20m)
Diameter of fan-tail 11'  (3.5m)
Diameter of curb 12' 6" (3.8m)
Diameter of brake wheel 10' 9"  (3.4m)
Length of stock 46'  (14m)
Sail 28' x 61 6"  (8.5 x 2m)
Sail, tip to tip 70'  (20.1m)
Sail, area of each 180' sq.  (16.7 sq.m)
Width at base 31'  (9.5m)
Stones - diameter 4' 6"  (1.4m)
Patent shutters 36 per sail
   
   
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