List of windmills in Rhode Island

This is a list of traditional windmills in the American state of Rhode Island.

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Locations

Known building dates are in bold text. Non-bold text denotes first known date. Iron windpumps are outside the scope of this list unless listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Windmill Location Type Built Notes Photograph
Harbor Mill Block Island Smock c. 1810 Blown down 1938
Littlefield Mill Block Island 1877[1] Standing 1900
Bristol Smock 1797[2] Moved to Fairhaven, Massachusetts 1821.[3]
Bristol Smock Mid-18th century[4] Moved to Fall River, Massachusetts[5]
William Boyd's Mill Bristol Blown down 1815.[6]
East Street East Greenwich Smock c. 1790 Moved within East Greenwich 1874
East Greenwich Mill East Greenwich
41°39′49″N 71°27′23″W / 41.66361°N 71.45639°W / 41.66361; -71.45639 (East Greenwich Mill) 		Smock 1874
Jamestown Mill Jamestown
41°30′59″N 71°22′28″W / 41.51639°N 71.37444°W / 41.51639; -71.37444 (Jamestown Mill) 		Smock 1787
(1st mill)[7] Little Compton
(2nd mill)[8] Little Compton
Boyd's Mill[1] Middletown
41°30′03″N 71°16′09″W / 41.50083°N 71.26917°W / 41.50083; -71.26917 (Boyd's Mill) 		Smock 1810/2001[9]
Prescott Farm Mill Middletown Smock 1970[10]
Chase Mill Middletown Smock 1797[11] Moved within Middletown c. 1855.[12]
Chase Mill Middletown Smock c. 1855[13] Moved to South Dartmouth, Massachusetts 1924.[14]
Harkness Mill Middletown Smock 1845[15] Burnt down November 1905.[16]
Boothden Mill[2] Middletown Smock 1883 Burnt down early 20th century
Newport Tower Newport
41°29′08″N 71°18′35″W / 41.48556°N 71.30972°W / 41.48556; -71.30972 (Newport Tower) 		Tower c. 1677[17]
Windmill Newport Smock Moved to Middletown (Chase Mill) at unknown date.[18]
Windmill Newport 1663[19] Blown down 1675[20]
Quaker Hill Mill Portsmouth Smock Moved within Portsmouth c. 1876[21]
Lehigh Hill Mill Portsmouth Smock c. 1876[22] Moved to Middletown 1970[23]
John Peterson's Mill Portsmouth Smock 1810[24] Dismantled 1995, rebuilt at Middletown 2001.[25]
Windmill Tiverton Smock Moved to Newport at unknown date.[26]
Windmill Warren Smock 1812 Moved to Fall River, Massachusetts at unknown date[27]
Windmill unknown location Smock 1770s[28] Moved to Block Island c. 1810.[29]

See also

References

  1. ^ Eight sails
  2. ^ Mock mill, never a working windmill

Sources

  • Lombardo, Donald (2003). Windmills of New England, Their Genius, Madness, History & Future. Cape Cod, MA: On Cape Publications. ISBN 0-9719547-7-1.