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The Windmill Traditional Cache

Hidden : 1/1/2013
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Simple drive by with a little bit of a climb...

A small plastic box with log book and room for swaps and trackables located near the disused windmill up top.

On top of the bank, so be ready for a climb. Parking in layby.

The Stutton tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top would have sat a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.
The rotary abilities gave it great convenience over the earlier post mills that allowed for a more efficient and stable source of power.
The advantage of the tower mill over the earlier post mill is that it is not necessary to turn the whole mill ("body", "buck") with all its machinery into the wind; this allows more space for the machinery as well as for storage.
A movable head which could pivot to react to the changing wind patterns was the most important aspect of the tower mill. This ability gave the advantage of a larger and more stable frame that could deal with harsh weather. Also, only moving a cap was much easier than moving an entire structure.
In the earliest tower mills the cap was turned into the wind with a long tail-pole which stretched down to the ground at the back of the mill. Later an endless chain was used which drove the cap through gearing. In 1745 an English engineer, Edmund Lee, invented the windmill fantail – a little windmill mounted at right angles to the sails, at the rear of the mill, and which turned the cap automatically to bring it into the wind.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)