The Blennerville Windmill is a 21.30 m high, stone, reefing stage, windmill in Blennerville, County Kerry, Ireland.[1] The mill has five floors, ground floor, intermediate floor, grinding floor, stone floor and cap floor.
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The wooden windshaft has a one-ton stock housing cast.
The mill has wings of 18.29 meters (60 feet) with wooden breast rods.
The brake wheel and the crown wheel have conical toothing with iron teeth.
The winding mechanism is operated outside the mill with a jug chain over a sprocket. The small transmission makes the crossing very slow, 180 degrees of cross takes about two hours.
The sack hoist has a conical wheel, which is driven under the crown wheel.
On the now empty intermediate floor is tentering of the main shaft of douglas fir with an iron construction, which used to have a motor. Also here are the tentering of the grinding couples and the great spur wheel.
There is also a visitor centre with a craft centre, model railways, art gallery, audio-visual presentation and restaurant.
Guided tours with a guide are given in the mill. The Blennerville Windmill is now the only commercial windmill in Ireland.