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Moulin à vent

Talcy, Loir-et-Cher, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Moulin à vent y compris son mécanisme (cad. ZM 136) : inscription par arrêté du 27 juillet 1988
Protection dates
1988/07/27 : inscrit MH
Type
moulin
Main period of construction
4e quart 18e siècle
Dates
1790
Ownership
propriété d'une association
Commune
Talcy
Département
Loir-et-Cher
Region
Centre-Val de Loire
Country
France
Coordinates
47.76637, 1.45069
Mérimée reference
PA00098617

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Orleanois." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Le moulin appartient au type des moulins-pivots ou "chandeliers", modèle le plus courant au nord de la Loire. Ici, il est dépourvu de tourelle (magasin ou habitation maçonnée situé sous la sole) et son piédestal est apparent. Son mécanisme est complet, hormis la bluterie. Le mécanisme du moulin de Talcy à la particularité de posséder deux meules, disposées de front, entraînées par un engrenage formé de trois pignons situés sous la sommière, à l'étage inférieur. Il est également l'un des trois de la région à être pourvu d'ailes à voiles.

English translation

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The mill belongs to the type of pivot mills or "candelabra", the most common model north of the Loire. Here, it is devoid of a turret (store or masonry dwelling situated under the sole) and its pedestal is visible. Its mechanism is complete, apart from the sifter. The mechanism of the Talcy mill has the particular feature of possessing two millstones, arranged side by side, driven by a gearing formed of three pinions situated under the main beam, on the lower storey. It is also one of three in the region to be provided with sail wings.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Base Mérimée, Ministère de la Culture, data last updated 2026-09-17, reused under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab). Record text is reproduced unchanged. Ministère de la Culture · Licence Ouverte 2.0
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