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Arnhem - Inner Workings of a Windmill

Polder mills were used for drainage purposes (there are none in the east of the country, where the height above sea level ensures natural drainage of water). Industrial mills were used for a wide variety of purposes, such as milling wheat, extracting oil, hulling rice and peppercorns, and sawing wood. Some of these are still is use today.

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Uploaded on March 27, 2008
Taken on March 21, 2008