Sir William Cubitt (1785-1861) was an eminent British civil engineer and millwright. born in Norfolk; more or less employed in most of the great engineering undertakings of his time. He invented a type of windmill sail and the prison treadwheel. For alternative meanings see: Norfolk (disambiguation) Norfolk (pronounced NOR-fk) is a low-lying county in East Anglia in the east of southern England. ...

Structures that still exist include:

• Many windmills in East Anglia or Lincolnshire
• Iron bridges at Brent Eleigh and Clare (Suffolk) and Witham (Essex)
• Port Offices, Lowestoft
• Haddiscoe Cut
• Oxford Canal at Rugby and at Newbold Tunnel
• Shropshire Union Canal at Shelmore Embankment
• Diglis Lock on the River Severn at Worcester
• Folkestone Viaduct
• Folkestone Warren and Martello, Abbot's Cliff, Shakespeare and Martello Tunnels
• Welwyn Viaduct
• Nene Bridge, Peterborough
• Museum of Childhood, Bethnal Green

Pitstone Windmill, believed to be the oldest windmill in the British Isles A windmill is an engine powered by the energy of wind to mill grain, often contained in a large building as in traditional post mills, smock mills and tower mills. ... Norfolk and Suffolk, the core area of East Anglia. ... Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs) is a county in the East Midlands of England, traditionally the second largest after Yorkshire. ... Map sources for Lowestoft at grid reference TM5492 Sunrise at Ness Point, Lowestoft. ... Rugby is a market town in the county of Warwickshire in central England on the River Avon. ... Shropshire (abbreviated Salop or Shrops) is a county in the West Midlands region of England, bordering Cheshire, Staffordshire, Worcestershire, Herefordshire, and the Welsh counties of Powys and Clwyd. ... Map sources for Folkestone at grid reference TR2236 Folkestone is a coastal resort town in the Shepway district of Kent, England. ... Peterborough is a city in the east of England. ...

Reference

• Sir William Cubitt (1785-1861)

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