MILL AT NEWPORT
\mˈɪl at njˈuːpɔːt], \mˈɪl at njˈuːpɔːt], \m_ˈɪ_l a_t n_j_ˈuː_p_ɔː_t]\
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An ancient stone structure at Newport, R.I. When and by whom it was constructed is still a disputed question. Former antiquarians have proclaimed it the work of Northmen of the eleventh century. But more recent investigations have quite satisfactorily proved it to have been a windmill erected by Governor Arnold, of Rhode Island, some time between 1670 and 1680. The design corresponds to that of a mill in Chesterton, England.
By John Franklin Jameson
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