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Danish Windmill
Elk Horn, Iowa
This windmill was originally built in Denmark in 1846 and rebuilt in Elk Horn in 1976. Today this is the only authentic, working, Danish windmill in the United States.
Source: www.danishwindmill.com/danish_windmill_history/history_ov...
Los molinos de viento son muy frecuentes en determinadas zonas de España. Este tipo de energÃa renovable, tan necesaria y conveniente en nuestros dÃas, nos presenta paisajes sorprendentes con campos en los que se yerguen estos modernos gigantes metálicos. Asà los vio también nuestro insigne Don Quijote.
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Windmills are very common in certain areas of Spain. This type of renewable energy, as necessary and appropriate in our day, presents amazing landscapes with fields in which stand these modern metal-giants.
The present windmill on Brill Common in Buckinghamshire, was probably erected sometime in the 1680s. Although not quite the oldest windmill in England, it is one of the best preserved of the dozen or so 17th century post-mills still standing. A post-mill is a mill in which the whole structure revolves around a central post in order to face the wind.
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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.
At least it's not a huge billboard advertising Sig's Tire Center in Hickory, North Carolina. It blends with the countryside and yet, stands alone.
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.
The windmill that can be seen for miles around in the village of Wrawby in northern Lincolnshire. No longer a working mill but it is open a few days each summer for you to have a look round inside. The rest of the year it serves as a photographic subject for thousands of photographers and snappers.
Haigh Windmill, the only remaining windmill in Greater Manchester, was built in 1845 and supplied well water to John Sumner & Company's Haigh Brewery which, until the 1950s, was situated behind the Balcarres Arms public house. The disused windmill was restored in 2011 in a £60,000 scheme made possible by Heritage Lottery Funding. The damaged brickwork was repaired and a broken and missing sail replaced.
The Fabyan Windmill is an authentic, working Dutch windmill dating from the 1850s located in Geneva, Kane County, Illinois, just north of Batavia, Illinois, off Illinois Route 25. The five-story wooden smock mill with a stage, which stands 68 feet (21 m) tall, sits upon the onetime estate of Colonel George Fabyan, but is now part of the Kane County Forest Preserve District.
In 1979, the windmill was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The following year, the windmill was selected to be on a U.S. postage stamp, as part of a series of five windmills in a stamp booklet called "Windmills USA." It originally operated as a custom grinding mill.
Dropped in on the town of Lytham and captured this windmill on the sea front.
Looks nice on black - 'Windmill at Lytham' On Black
Made it to Explore on 16th March 2007!!!
Kinderdijk is a village in the Netherlands, belonging to the municipality of Molenwaard, in the province South Holland, about 15 km east of Rotterdam. Kinderdijk is situated in a polder in the Alblasserwaard at the confluence of the Lek and Noord rivers. To drain the polder, a system of 19 windmills was built around 1740. This group of mills is the largest concentration of old windmills in the Netherlands. The windmills of Kinderdijk are one of the best-known Dutch tourist sites. They have been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1997.
Spotted their sign offering cream teas at exactly the perfect time this afternoon! Very welcome, and I think one of the first times I've seen a windmill with its sails turning
Our Daily Challenge .... unexpected. Today we went to Tenterfield, 21/2 hours west of here, to meet up with my sister. On the way home I was keeping an eye out for something for this challenge but didn't really think I would find anything as the sun was setting rapidly and it would soon be too dark. Then I remembered seeing this windmill on the way over so I asked Colin to pull up when he saw it. I definitely wasn't expecting the bonus sunset behind the silhouette and was very pleased when I saw it.
It was a beautiful day today and the clouds were just crazy-cool. This is not an HDR, it really looked this wild. :) Too bad I only had an iPhone with which to capture it.