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The survival of Denver Windmill owes alot to its last Miller, Thomas Harris. When he inherited the mill from his father in 1925, the mill was operating by wind and engine oil. The mill continued with both forms of power until 1941. Lightning struck one of the sails that year and although it was replaced, the shutters were removed altogether and the mill stopped working by windpower. Thomas Harris continued to keep the windmill in good repair. To survive, the windmill needed constant attention and occasionally major repair work. Thomas Harris had been helped in his efforts to preserve Denver Windmill by Norfolk Windmill Trust. When Thomas Harris died in 1969 his sister Mrs Edith Staines inherited the mill. In 1971 she gave the mill to Norfolk County Council. In June 1972 gales blew off one of the sails. As the sail fell it caused damage to the gallery and the mill office below the tower. The other sail was removed leaving the mill with just two surviving sails. The stocks and sails were eventually replaced in 1975. In 1976, further work was carried out to the beams supporting the floors and the brickwork of the tower. That same year disaster struck. On the night of the 2nd and 3rd of January gales lifted the cap from its track and dropped it heavily on one set of wheels. This cracked the track and brickwork below. The cap was removed and extensively repaired in 1991 and work was carried out on the sails the following year. At the end of 1998, extensive plans were laid for a complete restoration of the whole site. Mill House was purchased to reunite it with the mill and land acquired for car parking. Almost £1 million was spent restoring and converting the site, providing new facilities for visitors and putting the mill tower back to work. The mill site is now owned by Norfolk Historic Buildings Trust and run by Denver Windmill Limited. Both are committed to ensuring the conservation of this unique set of buildings.
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