Looking up into the cap, you can see the wallower and sackhoist. A pull on the rope running down through all floors of the mill raises the sackhoist and engages the friction drive with the wallower, causing the chain to be wound up.

Above and behind the wallower and taking up most of the space in the cap, you can see the brake wheel, so called because the horseshoe-shaped brake clamps around it. The brake wheel is mostly of steel but the teeth are all wooden (applewood) so that if one breaks, it can easily be replaced without having to remove the whole brake wheel for repair.

DOWN to Stone Floor.     See the FANTAIL     OR click on the mill diagram.