EARLY LANDMARK

Otago Daily Times, Issue 27570, 12 December 1950, Page 3

EARLY LANDMARK

Little Remains Of Hassell’s Windmill The remains of a once prominent North Otago landmark—James Hassell’s windmill—have been reduced to the status of a compost' container. When the Daily Times representative called on Mr H. W. P. Armstrong, Stour street, recently he was shown the basement of the mill, which was erected in 1866 and demolished in 1909. Early publications of Oamaru state that the tower was 65 feet high from the base to the top of the stonework, above which was a revolving metal cap adding another 10 feet to the height. The tower was divided into eight floors, the inside diameter of the basement storey being 21 feet. Adjoining the tower was a store, built of wood, measuring 32 feet by 18 feet and 34 feet high. The whole building was capable of storing 500 tons of flour. “ The view from the top of the tower is really worth going to see,” a publication states, “ embracing as it does a wide area of sea and land, the Moeraki Heads being plainly visible, and the whole country for miles spread out like a map.”