Gardiners Island Windmill
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Gardiners Island Windmill is a historic windmill
on Gardiners Island
in East Hampton, New York
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The windmill was built in 1795 and added to the National Historic Register in 1978.
Windmill
A windmill is a machine which converts the energy of wind into rotational energy by means of vanes called sails or blades. Originally windmills were developed for milling grain for food production. In the course of history the windmill was adapted to many other industrial uses. An important...
on Gardiners Island
Gardiners Island
Gardiners Island is a small island in the town of East Hampton, New York, in eastern Suffolk County; it is located in Gardiners Bay between the two peninsulas at the eastern end of Long Island. It is long, wide and has of coastline...
in East Hampton, New York
East Hampton (town), New York
The Town of East Hampton is located in southeastern Suffolk County, New York, at the eastern end of the South Shore of Long Island. It is the easternmost town in the state of New York...
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The windmill was built in 1795 and added to the National Historic Register in 1978.
External links
- Gardiner's Island Windmill, Gardiner's Island, Suffolk County, NY: 5 drawings, 16 photos, 31 data pages, and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Building Survey