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Moving A Wind-mill Sixteen Miles

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Parent Issue
Day
22
Month
July
Year
1870
Copyright
Public Domain
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A novel esperiraeut, not quito fo sonsational as the moving of an hotel at Chicago, but yet something quite out of the ordinary way, lias been the romoval of a wind flour-iiiill, with all its fittings, from Westacro to Clenchwarton, Norfolk, a distanee of about 16 milos. The rnill was a wooden structure, and, witb its maohinery of enormous weight, stood upon wheels, having been purchased by a man living at Clenchwarton, he determined to endeavor to draw it along the road by a traction cngine, but all efforts to find ono strong enough provod ineffectual ; the application, however, of a powerful steani cultivation engine proved more successful. In passinfj along the route various expedienta had to bo tried, such in as nsoending a hill the origino proceeded to the summit, Rnd then pulled the mili up with a ohaiu, and so carofully had the taBk to be performed that it occupied three days to make tho journey. In orossing tho Wreat Eastern Railway at Walton the telegraph wires were broken. In attempting to cross tbe Ouzq it was feared tho celebrated long; briclgo would not be strong enough to bsar the cnormou weigl.t but the enjiiao haviug flrst passed over the mili itself was drawn over, the timbers of tho bridge in the metntime oreaking, and showing that a very severa test was being put upou its powera. A first it was feared that tho bridgo hac been broken, but it was found not to be bo. lts arrival at Clenchwarton was re oeived with quito a demonstration.

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Old News
Michigan Argus