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Outwood Windmill

Outwood Windmill was built in 1665, and is the oldest windmill in Britain which is still working. It was built by Thomas Budgen of Nutfield, and is what is known as a Post Mill; the whole body, weighing around 25 tons, rotates on a central post made of a single enormous oak tree, to bring the mill round into the wind.

 

 

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Uploaded on June 25, 2009
Taken on June 25, 2009