The Windmill Project in Yorktown, Virginia

On Wednesday, November 2, Walt Akers of the Yorktown Windmill project joined the City Center Rotary Club in Newport News to share the story of the windmill recently constructed and opened at the Watermen's Museum along the Yorktown waterfront.

1. It all began with a simple question…

2. What did the windmill look like?

3. A View of the Town of York Virginia from the River Lt. Davies of the HMS Success - 1755

4. Close-up of the Windmill from “A View of the Town of York Virginia from the River “ Lt. Davies of the HMS Success - 1755

5. Washington and His Generals at Yorktown Charles Wilson Peale - 1783

6. A View of Yorktown, From the Old Windmill, as You Approach from Williamsburg Robert Sears - 1848

7. Windmill Point: Yorktown , Virginia 1780 Robert Knox Sneden - 1863

8. Where was the windmill located?

9. Plan de l'investissement de York et de Glocester R. Scot - 1781

10. Plan of Yorktown in Virginia and Adjacent Country Jn. F. Renault - 1825

11. Rebel Position at Yorktown Virginia Robert Knox Sneden - 1863

12. Plan of Yorktown Virginia Robert Knox Sneden - 1862

13. Where do you get the design?

14. Beebe Windmill Eastham Windmill Watermill Windmill The Historic American Buildings Survey and The Historic American Engineering Record

15. The Yorktown Windmill: A marriage of paintings, historic records and surviving structures

16. How was it built?