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This lovely old windmill at Bembridge, on the Isle of Wight, was built around 1700 and was fully functional until 1913, when its young millers were drafted to prepare for the coming Great War.
Once the subject of a watercolour by JMW Turner, and now owned and nurtured by the National Trust, most of the windmill's original machinery is intact. Visitors can climb to the top, see its internal workings close at hand, and follow the process of milling down its four floors.
Or just sit outside in the sunshine and enjoy the unique sight!
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.
This group of mills is the largest concentration of old windmills in the Netherlands. (UNESCO World Heritage Site)
One of the two windmills in Skerries. I have been to Skerries many times since I moved to Swords nearby 41 years ago and never saw these mills before. When I went there this time they were closed so now I have a reason to return!
Information: The Mill complex comprises a watermill, 5-sail windmill, 4-sail windmill and associated mill races, mill pond and wetlands. The history of the mills can be traced to the 16th century. A bakery was also established on the site by 1840. All three mills have been restored to working order by F.Á.S. and Fingal County Council and are open to visitors throughout the year.
The mills in Skerries demonstrate an efficient and clean use of water and wind power and are a rare survival of 17th, 18th and 19th century industrial history. Indoors: Visitors can see how the watermill works and view exhibits of milling equipment; mill stones, elevators, shakers, blowers, winnowers. Bright and sunlit tea-rooms and a well stocked craft shop are located on the first floor of the four-storey watermill building. Outdoors: A mill race runs from the mill pond along the edge of the cornfield to turn the waterwheel. Dominating the landscape however, are the two windmills, the 5-sail Great Windmill of Skerries and the older thatched 4-sail mill.
The windmill is located about 6 kilometres northeast of central Helsingborg. Originally it was located in Hjälmshult.
One of the beautiful windmills of kinderdijk, world heritage site in the southwestern part of the Netherlands, just below Rotterdam. Notice the small flying 'windmachine' above the mill :)
Taken with my new nikon d800 and tamron 24-70 f/2.8 lens.
This is St Peter’s Windmill in Jersey, captured during a visit to the island earlier this year. Restored but no longer operational , it is Britain’s most southerly windmill. I used a polariser to bring out the spring colours and had plenty of time to compose the image as my wife was busy in the gift shop! Thanks for looking.
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
Originally a Post mill first mentioned on a William Faden map of Norfolk in 1797.
The mill was blown down in 1859.
A new tower mill was built by William Chaplyn completed in 1860.
Engines were installed in 1916, the mill continued working until 1959 when an outbreak of foul pest ceased trade for the mill.
In 1998 the NWT (Norfolk Windmill Trust) had restored the mill back to full working order and in 2002 saw the 1st female miller Linda Joslin.