List of windmills in Rhode Island

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

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

See also

• Wind power in Rhode Island

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