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Lukštai Windmill

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The Lukštai windmill stood in Pakapinė village, Juodupė eldership, Rokiškis district, on the site of its predecessor, though the earlier building was somewhat smaller, with a lower masonry foundation. The mill was famous throughout the area: there was so much work that the miller even ground grain at night by the light of a paraffin lamp called a "liktarnia". Everyone needed it: coarse flour was for feeding livestock, finer flour for bread and flatbread, and the finest, whitest flour for festive cakes. The mill was a powerful one: the energy from its sails turned as many as two pairs of millstones. When the mill burned down, a new one was built in its place – also wooden, but on a high stone masonry foundation (plinth). The mill was built by Lithuanian craftsmen. The mechanisms of the cap were reportedly made of maple. The mill was covered with shingles – planed, interlocking boards. They are more expensive, but also longer-lasting and more durable than wood chips or ordinary boards. The cap was covered with tin. The construction cost the owner his health: he caught a cold and fell ill with tuberculosis. After Ragelis died, his widow leased the mill out. "And so it passed from hand to hand." In early March 2021 a strong wind brought the wooden mill down – only its stone masonry foundation survives.

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