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Virtual Tour of the Iconic Green's Windmill in Nottingham!

Today's virtual walk is around Green's Windmill in the heart of Nottingham. Green's Windmill is a restored and working 19th-century tower windmill in Sneinton, Nottingham. Built-in the early 1800s for the milling of wheat into flour, it remained in use until the 1860s. It was renovated in the 1980s and is now part of a science centre, which together have become a local tourist attraction. The current tower mill was built shortly after 1807 by baker George Green. It is located on the site of a previous post mill and there were at least two other mills on Windmill Lane in Sneinton. In 1829 the elder Green died and his son, the mathematical physicist George Green, inherited the mill. Around this time, a visitor to the mill describes its operation: "I ascertained some facts relative to the economy of a windmill. His sails have a radius of twelve yards and they revolve twenty-five times a minute, or more than a mile at the extremities. This great velocity carries round the stones , which are sixteen feet in circumference, 162 times in a minute, and they grind a load of ten sacks of wheat in two or three hours. The sails are placed at an angle in the shaft, and then in union are placed exactly in the wind's point, but the quantity of cloth is varied inversely as the force of the wind. I went through this fine mill, and really felt terrified at the centrifugal force of such heavy masses as the stones, the peripheries of which were carried around with a determined velocity of forty miles an hour. Of course, none but particular kinds of stone will bear such a momentum, and the smallest fracture or inequality occasions them to separate with destructive consequences." George Green operated the mill until his death in 1841; the Green family left the mill to Mr. Fletcher and later to William Oakland. The tower mill remained in use until the 1860s, until it was eventually forced to close in the face of competition from the more modern steam-powered roller mills. The sails were removed, the mill was abandoned, and it gradually fell into disrepair. The wooden roof rotted away, ultimately causing the fantail to detach and crash through a nearby cottage. In 1919 the mill is bought by Oliver Hind, a local solicitor, who in 1923 fitted a copper cap at the top to again make the building watertight. The mill is converted into a factory, manufacturing boot polish. Now filled with flammable industrial volatile solvents, the mill eventually caught fire in 1947, again destroying the roof. Once again, the mill fell into disrepair. The mill was derelict and facing demolition, until it was acquired by Nottingham City Council in 1979. Funds were raised by the University of Nottingham and it was renovated by Thompson's, millwrights of Alford, Lincolnshire between 1984 and 1986. It is a Grade 2 listed building. It was reopened in December 1986 and is now part of a science centre which is open to the public. At the same time, No 3, Green's Gardens was restored from near dereliction by the Nottingham Buildings Preservations Trust as a residence for one of the Museum staff. My channel is to help people relax and explore the world through my lens. Some people just can't get out anymore due to Illness or failing health and I hope this helps them a little. I want to give you the feeling of being there with me. Follow me on Instagram or Twitter it's the best way to know where I've been filming my virtual walks.   / followmatty   Twitter   / followmatty1   If you like walking on treadmills, then load up one of my virtual walks and walk with me. Try watching my virtual walks if you're having trouble falling asleep, watch as your nodding off. As always thanks for walking with me today. Please SUBSCRIBE, LIKE and hit the bell button so you don't miss my next video. #Virtualwalk #virtualtour #treadmillscenery #Rambalac #green'swindmill #thingstodoinNottingham#virtualwalkingtour #Travel vlog #citywalks #4kwalks #travel #4kvideo #vr