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Fowler's Mill

1788 establishments in EnglandBuildings and structures in BatterseaFormer buildings and structures in the London Borough of WandsworthFormer windmills in LondonGrinding mills in the United Kingdom
Windmills completed in 1788
Battersea horizontal windmill
Battersea horizontal windmill

Fowler's Mill was a horizontal windmill erected at Battersea, Surrey (now in London), England in 1788 and which ceased to work by wind c. 1825.

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Fowler's Mill
Whistlers Avenue, London Battersea (London Borough of Wandsworth)

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Whistlers Avenue 24
SW11 3TS London, Battersea (London Borough of Wandsworth)
England, United Kingdom
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