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Moulton windmill in Lincolnshire is the tallest windmill in the UK at 100ft tall. It is a grade 1 listed building and has been fully restored with new sails and is now in full working order.
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Re-edited files from 2007 & 2011 of Windmills at sunset.
They were obviously shot for drama, and I used a crop sensor Canon (T31) with a fully manual Sigma 400mm f/8 lens with a 2X extender on it, tripod mounted to shoot stopped down fully and at 1/4000 of a sec.
Edited in Photoshop CC
In 1957, restoration work was carried out by Thompson's, the Alford, Lincolnshire millwrights. A new cap with a gallery, stocks and sails were fitted and the stage was replaced. The mill was given to the National Trust in 1958. In December 1978, the National Trust published plans to restore the mill to working order.The mill was renovated internally to meet fire safety regulations in 1981.
The sails and stocks were removed in 1983 for replacement. Two new 62 feet (18.90 m) long stocks of Jamaican Pitch pine were fitted on 17 July 1985, and four new sails the following day. The new stocks and sails cost £26,500.
2014 04 0391 East Anglia Holiday Burnham Tower Windmill 3HDR
The Clayton Windmills, known locally as Jack and Jill, stand on the South Downs above the village of Clayton, West Sussex, England. They comprise a post mill and a tower mill, and the roundhouse of a former post mill.
My first picture an ND Grad Filter - not exactly perfect conditions for use..but i couldn't wait to use it!
Windmills have featured in Lytham's history for hundreds of years. In 1805 Richard Cookson sought and obtained a lease from the Squire for a plot of land on which to build a " windy milne". Later in 1860, when the prestigious houses in the area were being built the residents looked upon the Windmill as an "industrial nuisance" !!!!!!!!!!!!!
On the 2nd of January 1919 a tremendous gale turned the sails despite the powerful brake, and sparks ignited the woodwork. The Windmill was quickly ravaged by fire, the interior being entirely gutted. The Windmill remained derelict until 1921 when it was given by the Squire to the Lytham Urban District Council. In 1989 the Windmill was restored by Fylde Borough Council and is open to the public during the season.
The Windmill is situated on Lytham Green, East Beach, Lytham, Lancashire.
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We went for a drive a few months ago and ended up in the middle a windmill farm. There were so many and it was actually quite eerie..it was very quiet and cold on the day we went but there was a slow, quiet whooshing sound from the windmills..kind of made me feel like I was in a different world.
As straight shot, this one without the moon photo-shopped in. The funny line bottom right is an aircraft. 20 second exposure to get the stars, lit by a single light bulb about 100 yds away, then one pop of a flash to freeze the turbine blades.
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Pitstone Windmill stands in the north east corner of a large field near the parish boundary of Ivinghoe and Pitstone in Buckinghamshire.
It is thought to have been first built circa 1627 as this date is carved on part of the framework.
This is the earliest date to be found on any windmill in the British Isles.
St Monans Windmill is the most tangible reminder of salt production,
an industry that for centuries blighted the environment of coastal communities right along both shores of the Firth of Forth. Salt extraction remains mostly in a series of placenames alongside the River Forth involving "pan" or "pans". The most well known of these is Prestonpans, where industrial salt extraction continued until as recently as 1959. Salt production at St Monans is due to Sir John Anstruther, who became the local laird in 1753 and 1771 he and his business partner, Robert Fall, established the Newark Coal and Salt Company. Coal was extracted from land immediately to the north of the windmill from a mine whose site is now occupied by Coal Farm. The salt pans were housed in nine buildings on the raised beach below the windmill, whose locations can still be seen today. The role of the windmill was to provide the power to pump sea water from tidally-fed reservoirs cut into the rocks offshore into the salt pans. Production went on round the clock and at the height of operations the salt pans employed 20 men, while the colliery serving it employed a further 36 men. More information at
From as early as the 16th century one of the most recognized landmarks of Mykonos have been the windmills. Due to it"s geographic position, Mykonos was situated on major sea trade-route which at one time joined Venice, the gateway of Europe, to Asia. The need to refine grain and compact it for transport combined with an ample year round supply of wind made Mykonos the perfect location. Easy access to the harbor was necessary so most of the island"s mills were positioned in or around the main port with the highest concentration covering the entire western portion of town. With the coming of industrialization the windmills importance began to decline as well as their numbers. The cluster of Kato Myloi (Lower Windmills), which rise proudly over the sea, on the small hill southwest of Hora (the city of Mykonos).
Windmills Mykonos
The windmills Kato Myloi are situated southwest of Mykonos Town - Hora, next to the sea, between scenic Alefkadra and the quarter of Niohori, and impress every visitor with their snow-white magnificence, built in a row, looking to the sea. Today, seven have been preserved out of ten (once there were more than twenty on the island), which existed here until the first decades of the 20th century and used to grind with the unstoppable power of the northern wind the local wheat.
The Windmills of Mykonos, early processing units, decisively contributed between the 17th and the 19th century to the economic prosperity of the island, which, being a necessary station for the passing sailboats, supplied them with rusk. After the 1st World War, through the progress of technology they lost their financial value and were finally marked as one of the most popular monuments of the Cyclades islands and, their picture as a trademark travelled all around the world.
In 1700 the cluster with the 11 windmills had already been developed and operated. Today, the Windmill of Geronymos (private) is in the best condition, which used to operate until the 60s and, the greatest part of its equipment has been preserved
Chesterton Windmill near Harbury in Warwickshire.
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