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List of windmills in Illinois facts for kids

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This is a list of traditional windmills in the American state of Illinois.

Windmills having coordinates below can be seen together in "Map all coordinates using OpenSourceMap" at right.

Windmill Location Type Built Notes Photograph
Heidemann Mill
Old Mill
Addison Smock 1868 Burnt down 1958
Siedhoff Mill
Old Dutch Mill
Barrington Roller Flour Mill
Barrington 1867 Burnt down 5 August 1884
Depner Mill Beecher
Franzen Mill
Old Flax Mill
Bensenville 1850
Schmidt Brothers Mill
Benson Mill
Benson Smock 1872
Jansonnist Mill Bishop Hill 1848
Holstein Mill Bloomingdale Smock 1872 Wrecked by tornado 1899, later demolished.
Gridley & Covel Mill Bloomington
Jung Mill Broadview Smock 1884 Standing 1884
Clark Mill Burnt Prairie 1837 Standing 1837
Blooker Mill, World's Columbian Exhibition Chicago Smock 1893
Derelict mill, Worlds Columbian Exhibition Chicago Smock 1893 Exhibited with an Aermotor windpump erected on top
Old Dutch Mill, Century of Progress Exhibition Chicago Tower 1933 1934
Mates Mill, Haymarket Chicago Moved at unknown date to Milwaukee Avenue.
Gray Mill, Milwaukee Ave Chicago Demolished 1910.
Vanden Berg Mill Chicago
McKay Mill Chicago 1851 Standing 1851.
Jefferson Mill Des Plaines 1841
Fischer Mill
Old Dutch Mill
Mount Emblem Cemetery Mill
Ehlers' Mill
Elmhurst
41°55′46″N 87°55′24″W / 41.92944°N 87.92333°W / 41.92944; -87.92333 (Fischer Mill)
Smock 1867 Closed to the public FISCHER034.jpg
Lalande Mill Fort de Chartres 1731
Lahman Mill Franklin Grove Smock 1874 Demolished 1900
De Immigrant Fulton
41°52′2″N 90°10′7″W / 41.86722°N 90.16861°W / 41.86722; -90.16861 (De Immigrant)
Smock 2000 Open and operational Deimmigrantfulton.jpg
Fabyan Mill Geneva
41°52′17″N 88°18′21″W / 41.87139°N 88.30583°W / 41.87139; -88.30583 (Fabyan Mill)
Smock 1915 Tallest windmill in Illinois, open and operational. Fabyan Windmill-3.JPG
Glen Ellyn Mill Glen Ellyn Burnt down prior to 1855.
Prairie Mills Golden
40°6′22.2″N 91°0′56″W / 40.106167°N 91.01556°W / 40.106167; -91.01556 (Prairie Mills)
Smock 1873 Open and operational
Franzen's Old Mill Golden Smock 1854 Demolished 1934
Gronewold Mill Golden 1865
Franzen Brothers Mill Gridley 1872
Rinn Mill
Holland Mill
Hampshire Smock 1875 1883
Swearingen Windmill Industry 1927-1930? Never functional. Built as restaurant attraction in the late 1920s. Still standing.
Jesuit Mill Kaskaskia 1711
Milburn Mill Kentucky Wrecked by a storm prior to 1789
Lake Zurich Mill Lake Zurich 1850s Demolished in 1858
Matteson Mill Matteson Smock 1870s
Schroeder Mill
Monee Mill
Monee Smock Standing in 1910
Sauer Mill Nebraska Township 1869 Moved to Gridley 1872
Jahnke Mill Palatine 1879 Standing in 1894
Du Sable Mill Peoria 1691 Standing in 1773
Maillet Mill Peoria 1778
Peotone Mill Peotone
41°19′55″N 87°47′49″W / 41.33194°N 87.79694°W / 41.33194; -87.79694 (Peotone Mill)
Smock 1872 Closed, awaiting restoration PEOTONE013.jpg
Brand Mill Polo 1850s Damaged by a tornado, date unknown
St Joseph
Brockman Mill
Des Plaines Mill
Park Ridge Mill
Old Dutch Mill
Schiller Park Smock 1870 Demolished 1920s
Somonauk Mill Somonauk Smock
Bartels Mill
Old Mill
New Bremen Mill
Tinley Park Smock 1873 Demolished 1911
Phillipe Mill Urbana
Old Mill Farm Mill Winnetka Smock
York Township Smock 1875 Dismantled 1914, re-erected at Geneva 1915
Unknown location Smock
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