Pricing Change
New pricing for orders of material from this site will come into place shortly. Charges for supply of digital images, digitisation on demand, prints and licensing will be altered.
Millhouse
Wind Pump (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Millhouse
Classification Wind Pump (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 2383
Site Number HY40SE 29
NGR HY 4884 0253
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/2383
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Holm
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
HY40SE 29 4884 0253
This pump was installed as new in 1943 over a natural spring. It was damaged in a storm in 1953 and damaged again in the mid-1950s. It was then replaced with an electric pump. The windpump supplied water for several dwellings and a farm. It was made by Climax, Horesham, Surrey.
NMRS MS/500/31/19, list page 1, no. 13
