Green's Windmill

The most pleasant smell for a person is the smell of fresh bread. To bake it, you need flour, and to have flour, you need a mill.

In the 19th century, progress was gaining momentum and a windmill was built in the suburbs of Nottingham. Now the restored mill is part of the science center, which has become one of the local attractions.

The mill was founded by the Baker George Green and until his death it only milled wheat. After his death, the windmill passed to his son, George Green Jr. He had little to do with baking bread, but was a mathematician and physicist.

Visitors were surprised by the fragility, lightness, but at the same time the power of the windmill. Huge, but thin wings turn 25 times a minute, driving stone millstones that grind several bags of wheat into dust in two hours. The mill worked while George green was conducting experiments, doing physics and mathematics. There is still preserved his laboratory, where you can see and touch some of the inventions of the former owner of the mill.

After his death, the mill gradually began to decline. No one wanted it, and no one wanted to run the old windmill when more efficient steam engines had already been invented. The wings were "cut off" and the mill was forgotten.

Then suddenly the windmill began a new life as a shoe factory, but production did not last long. The building burned down and became useless again.

Several decades ago, the "Green" mill was bought by the city council. It was restored, new wings were hung, and the old mill came to life again. The mill is still grinding flour. This process can be viewed by visiting the tour. Eco-friendly flour produced according to the old method is sold in a local shop.

After visiting all the rooms of the mill, you can wander around the picturesque surroundings.