Eastbridge Windpump is a smock mill at the Museum of East Anglian Life, Stowmarket, Suffolk, England which has been restored to working order. History Eastbridge Windpump was probably built in the mid nineteenth century by Robert Martin, the Beccles millwright. It originally stood at Minsmere Level, Eastbridge, Leiston (). In the early 1920s, millwright Dan England of Ludham reinforced the mill by bolting the frame from a nearby smock mill (), which had collapsed, over the weatherboarding. It worked by wind until 1940. After the war, an iron windpump was erected nearby to take over from Eastbridge Windpump. On 19 February 1977, Eastbridge Windpump collapsed. The remains were dismantled by members of Suffolk Mills Group in July 1977 and later incorporated into the rebuilt mill at the Museum of East Anglian Life, Stowmarket. The restoration work was done by Jameson Marshall Ltd. Description Eastbridge windpump is a high smock mill on a brick base of a few courses. It has a boat-shaped cap and is winded by a fantail. The four Patent sails are carried on a cast-iron windshaft. They span . The cast-iron brake wheel drives a cast-iron wallower carried on a cast-iron upright shaft. A cast-iron crown wheel drives a three-throw plunger pump, which has cylinders square. Public access Eastbridge Windpump is open to the public and may be viewed externally during normal opening times of the Museum of East Anglian Life. References External links Suffolk Mills Group webpage on Eastbridge Windpump. Windmills in Suffolk Smock mills in England Windmills completed in 1979 Suffolk Coastal Stowmarket Tourist attractions in Suffolk Museums in Suffolk Octagonal buildings in the United Kingdom