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List of windmills in New York

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This is a list of traditional windmills in the American state of New York.

Location Name of mill
and coordinates
Type Built Notes Photograph
Amagansett Amagansett Mill Smock 1815[1] Moved within Amagansett 1829.[2]
Amagansett Amagansett Mill Smock 1829[3] Burnt down 1924.[4]
Amagansett Amagansett Mill Smock
West Babylon, Long Island, NY. Bulk's Garden Center Windmill Smock 1929[5] Demolished in 1983. 1930's picture of Bulk's Windmill 1955 picture
Bay Shore Conover Mill Smock 1880[6]
Bridgehampton Beebe Mill Smock 1830s Moved within Bridgehampton 1889
Bridgehampton Beebe Mill Smock 1889 Moved within Bridgehampton 1915
Bridgehampton Beebe Mill
40°56′03″N 72°18′05″W / 40.93417°N 72.30139°W / 40.93417; -72.30139
Smock 1915
East Hampton Gardiners Island Mill Smock 1771[7] Moved within East Hampton 23 May 1795.[8]
East Hampton Gardiners Island Mill
41°05′28″N 72°06′40″W / 41.09111°N 72.11111°W / 41.09111; -72.11111
Smock 1795
East Hampton Hayground Mill 1801 Moved within East Hampton 1950.[9]
East Hampton Hayground Mill 1950[10] Moved to the dunes Windmill Ln
East Hampton Hook Mill
40°57′56″N 72°11′02″W / 40.96556°N 72.18389°W / 40.96556; -72.18389
Smock 1806
East Hampton Wainscott Mill
40°56′01″N 72°14′16″W / 40.93361°N 72.23778°W / 40.93361; -72.23778
Smock 1940[11]
East Hampton Hunting Miller's Mill -(Pantigo) Mill hill site of prev 1771 mill Smock Built 1804[12] Moved within East Hampton, 1850,1917.[13]
East Hampton Schellinger Mill-'Pantigo' moved to Pantigo and Egypt Ln Smock 1850[14] Moved within East Hampton 1850,1917.[15]
East Hampton Mulford Farm Mill (Pantigo) moved fm Pantigo rd to Mulford[16] Smock 1917[17] Mulford Homestead museum 1771 weathervane
East Hampton Pantigo Mill Smock 1804[18] Pantigo Windmill - 1771 weathervane
Glen Island Orient Mill Smock 1910[19]
Hampton Bays Good Ground Mill Smock 1860[20] Moved to Southampton 1890.[21]
Hempstead Hofstra Mill Smock 1903[22]
Hewlett Hewlett Mill Smock 1791[23]
Huntington Sammis Mill Vertical axle mill 1825[24]
Morris Island (two mills)[1]
Morristown McConnell's Mill
Stone Mill

44°35′22″N 75°38′42″W / 44.58944°N 75.64500°W / 44.58944; -75.64500
1825
Napoli Gladden Mill
42°14′07″N 78°53′44″W / 42.23528°N 78.89556°W / 42.23528; -78.89556
1890
Oakdale Bourne Windmill.[2] Tower 1911[25] Demolished 2004-2005
Orient Orient Mill Smock 1810[26] Moved to Glen Island 1910.[27]
Sag Harbor Beebe Mill Smock 1820 Moved to Bridgehampton 1830s
Sag Harbor Corwith Mill - Built at Hog Neck 1799 Smock 1800[28] Moved to Water Mill 1814.[29]
Water Mill Corwith Mill Smock 1814[30] Moved to Water Mill 1814
Water Mill Water Mill Windmill
40°54′34″N 72°21′15″W / 40.90944°N 72.35417°W / 40.90944; -72.35417
1800 Moved to Water Mill 1814 triangle at Villa Maria
Shelter Island Shelter Island Mill
41°04′33″N 72°20′08″W / 41.07583°N 72.33556°W / 41.07583; -72.33556
1810
Shelter Island Good Ground Mill Smock 1807[31] Moved to Hampton Bays 1860[32]
Shelter Island Sylvester's Mill Smock 1839[33]
Southampton Burnt down prior to 1813[34]
Southampton Smock 1813[35] Moved to Wainscott 1840.[36]
Southampton Good Ground Mill Smock 1890[37]
Southampton Windmill Lane Mill Smock 1712[38] Moved to Mill Hill, Southampton 1890.[39]
Southampton Mill Hill Mill, Southampton College Smock 1890[40]
Southampton Shinnecock Hills Mill Smock 1916[41]
Southold Mill Hill Mill Smock 1810[42] Moved to Shelter Island 1839.[43]
St. James Butler Windmill Tower 1894[3] 150 foot high tower
Wainscott Wainscott Mill Smock 1840[44] Built 1813, moved to Montauk, Moved to East Hampton 1940[45]

Notes

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.

Sources

^1 Leeds, Gerald A, and Pulling, Anne Francis (1999). Windmills and Water Mills of Long Island. Charleston, SC: Arcadia. ISBN 0-7385-0288-X.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

References

  1. ^ Mock Mill, never a working windmill
  2. ^ Some Recent Farm Buildings, Estate of Commodore Frederick Bourne, Architectural Forum, volume 30, no. 3, page 74-76
  3. ^ A Very High Windmill, Scientific American, weekly, April 7, 1894; vol. LXX, no.14, page 217