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Black and white night photograph.
Lytham Windmill is situated on Lytham Green in the coastal town of Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, England
"Hodbarrow Windmill stands high above Hodbarrow Point and looks the same today as it did in photographs taken of the first pit heads near by in the late 1850's"
Thanks to Theresa for letting me tag along on an amazing photo safari. This small portion of the Lee-Dekalb Wind Energy wind farm shot at the outskirts of Shabbona, IL on a near perfect photo day. Have a happy and safe Memorial Day Weekend!
Thrigby Is a Post Mill built around 1790 by Robert Woolmer, situated in the civil parish of Mautby in the County of Norfolk and north of the river Bure.
It was built to grind wheat produced on the Thrigby estate.
The Post Mill has a two foot square oak main post that rises vertically through the round house and carry's the weatherboard clad body or "Buck" of the Mill.
The last miller Alfred Hood who was also a local farmer ran the mill until 1889.
In 1892 the wooden structure was found to be infested with "Death watch" beetle and was dismantled leaving only the brick roundhouse intact.
Almost 100 years later in 1981 the mill was brought by Nick Prior who set about restoration.
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I was lucky enough to visit a national heritage site in Holland on a perfect spring day. The site features many windmills, some still working. These were used to pump water to various sluices and canals.
Details: Handheld, Canon 18-135mm IS, 3 exposure +/- 2 EV, Photmatix default HDR processing.
Outwood Windmill was built for Thomas Budgen (1640–1716) in 1665. The original deed for its erection is still in existence. Thomas Budgen borrowed the money to finance the building of the windmill from two of his brothers-in-law. He was able to repay them within two years. The builders of the mill are traditionally said to have watched the Great Fire of London glowing in the distance, some 25 miles (40 km) away. In 1678, Thomas Budgen was convicted under the Conventicle Act as a seditious preacher, and fined £20.[3]
John Budgen took the mill on his father's death, and in 1715 was paying Quit Rent on the mill, a malthouse and a brick kiln. John Budgen died in 1765 and the rent was paid by his widow until she died in 1768, when Ezekial Budgen took the mill. Ezekial Budgen was involved in a quarrel with his brother Isaac, which led to William Budgen (Ezekial's nephew) being granted a piece of land near the mill in 1796 with liberty to erect a windmill upon it. By 1806, the mill was in the possession of John Jupp. William Jupp took the mill sometime before 1880 and ran it until he died in 1934. In 1929, the Windmill Section of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings recognised the mill as "of paramount importance". A new pair of Spring sails were needed in 1931. The Society paid for Thomas Hunt, the Soham millwright to make and fit these at a cost of £80. William Jupp agreed not to sell the mill for demolition as a condition of the work being done. Publicity generated at the time led to an increase in orders at the mill. On 30 October 1931, a meeting was held to appeal for funds to replace the older pair of sails. Hilaire Belloc, who at the time owned Shipley windmill in Sussex, was the main speaker. Sir Joseph Rank was one of the subscribers. In 1933, a pair of sails was purchased secondhand[3] These had previously been on the Black Mill, Forncett End, Norfolk, which had been demolished in September 1932.[4] These replaced a pair of sails that had been on the mill for in excess of sixty years. William Jupp died in 1934.[3]
Stanley Jupp then took the mill. In the 1930s, the mill was little used, and started to deteriorate. Plans were drawn up for further restoration, but were postponed due to World War II. Milling ceased at Outwood in 1949 when the breast beam cracked and the windshaft dropped causing the sails to touch the roundhouse roof. Temporary repairs were made by millwrights E Hole & Son of Burgess Hill, followed by extensive repairs, including a new breast beam and prick post, in 1952. One of the sail stocks was found to be defective in 1955 and a new pair of spring sails was fitted. A grant of £750 from the Ministry of Works being given to enable the work to be carried out, on condition that public access would be given on appointment. The older of the two stocks broke in January 1956. E Hole & Son fitted a new stock and sail on 25 October 1958. William Jupp ran the mill until 1962. In the autumn of 1962, the mill was bought by the Thomas brothers.[3]
On 12 June 1964, the mill was caught in a severe thunderstorm. The mill was tailwinded, and only saved when the new owners turned the mill so that the wind was side on to the mill.[3] In 2003, the mill was offered for sale, with a price tag of £600,000.[5] On 5 January 2012, a sail was damaged in a gale.[6]
I'm back from a holiday in Holland (or is that the Netherlands? I'd hate to create a diplomatic incident). Needless to say, I have a few usual shots from there, so I'll post the obvious ones first.
Today: the windmill.
Additional: I now know that it is Nederland. Thanks Ultranalog.
A three shot HDR. I used a borrowed tripod this time, as it was very windy, which I suppose is why they put this thing here in the first place,
Fleur is een stellingmolen aan de Lage Wipstraat in het Brabantse Zevenbergen (gemeente Moerdijk). De molen dateert uit 1841 en is gebouwd als korenmolen en oliemolen. In 1938 is vanwege windbelemmering het malen op de wind gestopt. De molen was tot 1950 in gebruik en is in 1969 door de toenmalige gemeente Zevenbergen gekocht. In 1989 kwam de molen, die inmiddels een monumentstatus had, in particuliere handen. Van 1996 tot 1999 is de molen draaivaardig hersteld, waarbij onder meer de molen is rechtgezet en van een nieuwe kap is voorzien. Ook is het metselwerk voor een deel vernieuwd. Dat de restauratie is bedoeld om de molen slechts draaivaardig te maken is te zien aan het bovenwiel, dat geen kamgaten heeft.
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