Montefiore Windmill | |
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Origin | |
Mill name | Montefiore Mill Jaffa Gate Mill |
Mill location | Jerusalem |
Coordinates | 31°46′17.31″N 35°13′27.03″E / 31.7714750°N 35.2241750°E |
Year built | 1857 |
Information | |
Purpose | Flour mill |
Type | Tower mill |
Storeys | Four storeys |
No. of sails | Four sails |
Type of sails | Patent sails |
Windshaft | Cast iron |
Winding | Fantail |
Fantail blades | Six blades |
Auxiliary power | Electric motor |
No. of pairs of millstones | Two pairs |
The Montefiore Windmill is a landmark windmill in Jerusalem. Designed as a flour mill, it was built in 1857 on a slope opposite the western city walls of Jerusalem, where three years later the new Jewish neighbourhood of Mishkenot Sha'ananim was erected, both by the efforts of British Jewish banker and philanthropist Moses Montefiore. Jerusalem at the time was part of Ottoman-ruled Palestine. Today the windmill serves as a small museum dedicated to the achievements of Montefiore. It was restored in 2012 with a new cap and sails in the style of the originals. The mill can turn in the wind.