Clues of First Windmill Found in Orleans, Massachusetts

Posted by admin on Apr 9, 2009

A group of researchers think they have found the site of the first windmill on Cape Cod near Skaket Beach.

Now houses and tall pines cover the high ground at the intersection of Beach Plum Lane and Willie Atwood Road. But H. Morse Payne of Bedford and Michael Farber of Chatham believe it’s the likely spot for a windmill that was reportedly erected in that part of town in the mid-1600s.

“We’re still strong on the idea that this was the first windmill on Cape Cod,” Farber said on a recent visit to the neighborhood.

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