Millwright Vincent Pargeter has started £150,000 worth of work to
restore Polkey's Mill, Reedham as the first part of the
Norfolk Windmills Trust's Land of Windmills Project.
The mill dates from the 1860s, and could pump 40 tons of water a minute.
A extra steam pump was installed in the 1880s, and in the 1940s two
diesel pumps made both older pumps redundant. The windmill, diesel and
later electric pumps will be restored to working order, and an
interpretation centre put in the steam pump house. New river moorings
close by will encourage visitors.
The full project will also see Cadge's Mill and North Mill on the
Reedham marshes, and Ashtree Farm Mill near Acle restored.
Polkey's Mill at Reedham gets new lease of life