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This building replaced a wooden mill that was destroyed by fire in 1791 and was used to grind wheat until about 1875. It is believed that there has been a windmill on this site since 1596. Wikipedia.
Taken 16 January 2014, at 15:03 pm, First the air became still, then the sky darkened then a torrential rain/hail storm broke loose. I stopped in a layby on the N10 on my way from Angouleme to Ruffec in the Poitou-Charentes, France.
CameraNikon D600
Exposure0.005 sec (1/200)
Aperturef/6.3
Focal Length85 mm
ISO Speed100
Exposure Bias-1 EV
The Windmill at Cley next the Sea. I think this will be familiar to most UK birders. Staying here as a little birthday treat.
A working windmill in a small fenland village called Swaffham Prior ... between Cambridge and Newmarket.
The windmill looks so sad. Someone stole his wings, and now he cannot "fly" any more...
I found this old windmill with no fan while walking at the shore. I started imagining its fan working "Round like a circle in a spiral, like a wheel within a wheel..."
Round like a circle in a spiral, like a wheel within a wheel
Never ending or beginning on an ever spinning reel
Like a snowball down a mountain, or a carnival balloon
Like a carousel that's turning running rings around the moon
Like a clock whose hands are sweeping past the minutes of its face
And the world is like an apple whirling silently in space
Like the circles that you find in the windmills of your mind!
Pawnee National Grasslands, Colorado - September 2014
Fuji Pro 160NS 4x5, 90mm Caltar Lens
2 seconds at f32, 2 stop soft GND filter
I've always found the open views of the prairie to be so inviting.
The earliest record of a windmill in Great Bircham is in 1761, when miller Richard Miller made his will. The mill, which was probably a post mill, was offered for sale in 1769. In 1800 the miller, Robert Sparham, was in financial difficulties and made a Deed of Assignment. In 1804 the mill was offered for sale or to let by George Humphrey. The next miller was Bloom Humphrey, who was followed by his widow Martha and then their son George. The mill remained in the Humphrey family until it was demolished in 1846 to enable a new tower mill to be built on its site.
The tower mill was built for George Humphrey in 1846, a date stone to this effect is located between two windows on the first floor of the mill. The mill was built from cream coloured bricks, but was latter tarred. The mill was offered to let in 1856 and again in 1861. An accident in March 1864 in which George Humphrey was driving his cart whilst drunk resulted in the death of his wife Elizabeth. In April the mill was ordered to be sold by the mortgagees. An auction was held on 13 May at the Hare Inn, Docking. The next millers were Henry and Philip Stanton, followed by Walter Palmer. He left Norfolk in 1882 and Joseph Wagg took the mill, followed by a succession of Howards. William Howard was the last miller. The mill was working in 1916 but had ceased by 1922. The sails and fantail had been removed by 1934.
The mill was part of the Houghton Estate of the Marquess of Cholmondeley. In 1939 the mill was sold to Her Majesty the Queen, becoming part of the Sandringham Estate. The mill was purchased from Her Majesty the Queen by Roger Wagg in May 1976 and restoration of the mill commenced in 1977.
The restoration of the mill began in 1977. The cap frame was removed on 17 August 1979 by Messrs Lennard & Lawn, millwrights, based at Caston. The new cap was fitted on 2 August 1979. The first pair of sails were fitted on 17 May 1980 and the second pair on 26 May 1983. The tower was coated with Bellecoat Stipple, a black resin-based protective covering. Internally, new floors were fitted, and a new stage constructed around the mill. Replacement machinery was sourced from other windmills. The drive for the sack hoist came from Harpley.
Taken from signage at the site: La Mancha, the windmills and Don Quijote's shadow have become, over the course of time, profoundly linked. Consuegra's Windmills, together with the Castle, make the unmistakable Cerro Calderico silhouette declared Property of Cultural Interest, which was categorized as historical site n 2008.
Twelve of the thirteen windmills, at first located at beginnings of the twentieth century are preserved on the hill. It should be noted that five of these completely maintain their mechanism and are in working conditions. Among them, the one named Sancho stands out with a quiet ancient typology. As for the resting four Rucio also preserves its grinding system in good condition and regarding Espartero, Mochilas and Bolero also keep their original pieces intact.
Two adjacent windmills at Clayton, West Sussex, in the South Downs National Park go by the names of Jack and Jill. Jill is fully restored and is occasionally used for its original traditional purpose of grinding corn for flour. Seen here with one pair of sails removed during maintenance.