Newport, R. I., mill as “restored” or probably constructed.Newport, R. I., mill as “restored” or probably constructed.
For, while of course the fine stone work and carving and detail are missing, in this colonial condition, the general dimensions, the design and the interior arrangements are in substance the same throughout. It needs only the comparison of the plans of the two—side by side—to be satisfied as to that. Governor Arnold’s birthplace and connection afford the reason of the similarity, and his will even speaks of “my stone built windmill.” This old structure, still standing—as to its walls—in Truro Park, Newport, R. I., is perhaps America’s greatest colonial relic, and with its prototype of Chesterton constitutes the most unique pair of windmills, having the greatest historic interest, of any attaching to our country’s windmill history.
NOTE:[A]Presented at a meeting of the Mechanical and Engineering Section, held Thursday, March 14, 1918.
NOTE:
[A]Presented at a meeting of the Mechanical and Engineering Section, held Thursday, March 14, 1918.
[A]Presented at a meeting of the Mechanical and Engineering Section, held Thursday, March 14, 1918.