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Just got back from a trip to Rotterdam. Made a day trip to Kinderdijk to see the Windmills. This particular one appeared to be a private residence. via 500px ift.tt/2LJ45pz
Podersdorf is a market town which lies on the banks of the lake Neusiedl, Burgenland, Austria. The monument protected windmill is about 160 years old.
Explore / Interestingness: Highest position: #280, April 13, 2011
Right: De Kat (The Cat) is the only remaining working windmill in the world which makes paint.
Middle: De Zoeker (The Seeker) is the name of an oil windmill.
Left: Het Jonge Schaap (The young sheep) is the name of a wooden wind powered sawmill.
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.
Kinderdijk windmills: unique & iconic water management
A significant part of Holland is situated up to approximately 7 meters below sea level. The Dutch don’t notice any of this though, because an incredibly innovative and intricate system keeps the ever-rising seawater from flooding the land. Even during spring tide, the Dutch are safely guarded from being washed away.
The most important aspect of UNESCO World Heritage Kinderdijk is undoubtedly the unique collection of 19 authentic windmills, which are considered a Dutch icon.
Windmill located in Gruene Texas. Gruene is now a district within the city limits of New Braunfels, and much of it was listed in the National Register of Historic Places
Just then they came in sight of thirty or forty windmills that rise from that plain. And no sooner did Don Quixote see them that he said to his squire, "Fortune is guiding our affairs better than we ourselves could have wished. Do you see over yonder, friend Sancho, thirty or forty hulking giants? I intend to do battle with them and slay them. With their spoils we shall begin to be rich for this is a righteous war and the removal of so foul a brood from off the face of the earth is a service God will bless."
"What giants?" asked Sancho Panza.
"Those you see over there," replied his master, "with their long arms. Some of them have arms well nigh two leagues in length."
"Take care, sir," cried Sancho. "Those over there are not giants but windmills. Those things that seem to be their arms are sails which, when they are whirled around by the wind, turn the millstone."
—Part 1, Chapter VIII. Of the valourous Don Quixote's success in the dreadful and never before imagined Adventure of the Windmills, with other events worthy of happy record.
A 10 minute walk brings me to this wonderful windmill restored to full glory by The Holgate Windmill Preservation Society.
The Windmill at Avoncroft Museum of Historic Buildings, Bromsgrove, near Birmingham, England.
The windmill is from Danzey Green in Warwickshire. The earliest recorded mill on that site was in 1560. This mill was constructed in the mid-19th century and was moved to Avoncroft in 1969.
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Over Windmill, Cambridgeshire.
I wasn't happy with the rather bland sky in the original of this shot so I've added some texture layers then gone for a timeless look in the processing
Cley windmill іs а five storey tower mill wіth а stage аt second floor level, twenty feet above ground. Іt has а dome shaped cap wіth а gallery whіch wаs winded by аn eight-bladed fantail, ten feet six inches іn diameter. The cap іs nоw fixed аnd unable tо turn tо wind. There аre four double Patent sails wіth а span оf 70 ft, carried оn stocks 56ft long. The inner pair hаve eight bays оf three shutters аnd the outer pair hаve nine bays оf twо shutters аnd оne оf three shutters. Іn 1819 the sails powered twо pairs оf French burr millstones, а flour mill аnd jumper but by 1876 thіs hаd been increased tо 3 pairs оf stones аnd а smut machine hаd been added.
Cley windmill wаs built іn the early 19th century. Іt wаs nоt marked оn William Faden’s map оf Norfolk published іn 1797. The fіrst mention wаs аn advert іn the Norfolk Chronicle оf 26 June 1819, where the mill wаs fоr sale, described аs “newly erected” аnd іn the ownership оf the Farthing family. The mill wаs nоt sold аnd remained the property оf the Farthing family, until 1875, when Dorothy Farthing, the then owner, died. The mill wаs bought by the miller, Stephen Barnabas Burroughes. Іt wаs worked by the Burroughes family until c1912, when the business wаs transferred tо theіr windmill аt Holt.
A beautiful windmill in Essex. Rape seed was growing and surrounding the structure. Taken just before it rained
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