List of windmills in Rhode Island

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This is a list of traditional windmills in the American state of Rhode Island.

Locations[]

Known building dates are in bold text. Non-bold text denotes first known date. Iron windpumps are outside the scope of this list unless listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Location Name of mill
and coordinates 		Type Built Notes Photograph
Block Island Harbor Mill Smock c. 1810 Blown down 1938
Block Island Littlefield Mill 1877[1] Standing 1900
Bristol Smock 1797[2] Moved to Fairhaven, Massachusetts 1821.[3]
Bristol Smock Mid-18th century[4] Moved to Fall River, Massachusetts[5]
Bristol William Boyd's Mill Blown down 1815.[6]
East Greenwich East Street Smock c. 1790 Moved within East Greenwich 1874
East Greenwich East Greenwich Mill
41°39′49″N 71°27′23″W / 41.66361°N 71.45639°W / 41.66361; -71.45639 (East Greenwich Mill) 		Smock 1874 Windmill Cottage Longfellow East Greenwich RI.jpg
Jamestown Jamestown Mill
41°30′59″N 71°22′28″W / 41.51639°N 71.37444°W / 41.51639; -71.37444 (Jamestown Mill) 		Smock 1787 Jamestown Windmill.JPG
Little Compton (1st mill)[7]
Little Compton (2nd mill)[8]
Middletown Boyd's Mill[1]
41°30′03″N 71°16′09″W / 41.50083°N 71.26917°W / 41.50083; -71.26917 (Boyd's Mill) 		Smock 1810/2001[9] Boyds Windmill Rhode Island.JPG
Middletown Prescott Farm Mill Smock 1970[10] Prescott Farm Middletown.JPG
Middletown Chase Mill Smock 1797[11] Moved within Middletown c. 1855.[12]
Middletown Chase Mill Smock c. 1855[13] Moved to South Dartmouth, Massachusetts 1924.[14]
Middletown Harkness Mill Smock 1845[15] Burnt down November 1905.[16]
Middletown Boothden Mill[2] Smock 1883 Burnt down early 20th century
Newport Newport Tower
41°29′08″N 71°18′35″W / 41.48556°N 71.30972°W / 41.48556; -71.30972 (Newport Tower) 		Tower c. 1677[17] DSCN3887 newporttower e.jpg
Newport Smock Moved to Middletown (Chase Mill) at unknown date.[18]
Newport 1663[19] Blown down 1675[20]
Portsmouth Quaker Hill Mill Smock Moved within Portsmouth c. 1876[21]
Portsmouth Lehigh Hill Mill Smock c. 1876[22] Moved to Middletown 1970[23]
Portsmouth Smock 1810[24] Dismantled 1995, rebuilt at Middletown 2001.[25]
Tiverton Smock Moved to Newport at unknown date.[26]
Warren Smock 1812 Moved to Fall River, Massachusetts at unknown date[27]
unknown location Smock 1770s[28] Moved to Block Island c. 1810.[29]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Eight sails
  2. ^ Mock mill, never a working windmill

Sources[]

  • Lombardo, Donald (2003). Windmills of New England, Their Genius, Madness, History & Future. Cape Cod, MA: On Cape Publications. ISBN 0-9719547-7-1.
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