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Shipley Smock Windmill, fictional home of Jonathan Creek in the TV series, 14 February 2009, Photograph by Justin Brice.
I am missin' Texas for some reason today. I always love visiting. Seeing this shot from last Oct. brought back so many memories, plus the fact that I received a graduation announcement from my great nephew in Georgetown, TX.
Happy Windmill Wednesday!
Central Washington is growing the biggest collection of modern wind turbines I can imagine. I'd be curious to know how many of these monsters (they're HUGE) are tucked among the hills. I'm guessing at least 100. Most of them are less than a year old. Sadly, hardly any of them were turning today and those that were were sloooowwww.
Constructed circa 1840, the Haigh Windmill is an unmistakeable landmark set within agricultural fields contained within the Haigh Hall estate.The windmill is Grade II listed and was built to pump water from the nearby ponds 500m uphill to the Haigh Brewery.
The Haigh windmill, constructed in brick, with a timber roof, underwent a program of restoration in the late 1970s and as a result a new roof was constructed of glass fibre. The existing sails have suffered repeatedly from storm damage, with lost or broken timbers and the brickwork is showing extensive areas of decay, with failed pointing and spalled brick facing. Now with the help of a £50,000 grant from Heritage Lottery Fund’s Your Heritage programme the windmill has been repaired and restored so that it can be maintained for future generations. Further funding has been put toward the project from Wigan Council, Wigan Leisure and Culture Trust and the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB) Mills Section.
The project involved considerable repair work to the windmills brickwork which had become damaged by recent severe winters causing the brickwork to ‘spall’. New sails were constructed by a specialist Mill Wright and the fibreglass cap that was placed on the windmill in the 1970’s was modified and repaired so that it was more in keeping with the original design.
The project has had a lot of input from the 3 local primary schools St David’s C.E. Primary, Our Lady’s R.C. Primary and Aspull Church Primary who have learned about the history and heritage of the windmill and the Haigh area from the Council’s Environmental Education team. Pupils were given a lesson about the history of windmills and it was explained how they are an important part of our national heritage. Pupils visited Southport Eco-Centre to learn about modern windmills (wind turbines) where they learned about how wind power is used to create electricity. Pupils learned about the bread making process and how windmills were used in food production and they also helped to design a mosaic with the theme of local landmarks (including the windmill) which has now also been completed in the roadside verge outside St David’s school.
A Haigh Windmill Restoration Walk has been created to celebrate the completion of the project and a draft version of the leaflet (1498Kb) and Haigh Windmill Restoration Walk map (1484Kb) are available for download. The walk takes in Haigh Windmill and many of the other points of historical interest located around the Haigh Estate.
Windmill Hill Village,East Sussex on the A271...
Windmill Hill Mill, Herstmonceux
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Windmill Hill Mill, Herstmonceux
Windmill Hill Mill.jpg
The mill in 2006
Origin
Mill location TQ 648 122,
50°53′10″N 0°20′31″E
Year built ca. 1814
Information
Purpose Corn mill
Type Post mill
Roundhouse storeys Two storey roundhouse
Number of sails Four
Type of sails Patent sails
Windshaft Cast iron
Winding Originally Tailpole, now by computer controlled battery powered electric motor
Number of pairs of millstones Two pairs, arranged Head and Tail
Other information Largest post mill in Sussex. Only surviving example of Hammond's Patent Sweep Governor is fitted to this mill.
Windmill Hill Mill is a grade II* listed[1] post mill at Herstmonceux, Sussex, England which has been restored.
Contents
1 History
2 Restoration
3 Description
4 Millers
5 See also
6 References
7 External links
8 Further reading
History
Windmill Hill Mill was built c. 1814 by Samuel Medhurst, the Lewes millwright. It was working by wind until 1893, when it was stopped owing to a weak weatherbeam. It is the largest post mill in Sussex, and is unique in that it is fitted with Hammond's Patent Sweep Governor, a feature previously fitted to Jack Mill, Clayton.[2]
After work by wind had ceased, milling was continued by means of a steam-powered mill set up in the roundhouse. Neve, the Warbleton millwright was responsible for the fitting-out of the roundhouse as a power mill. The mill stood derelict for many years with major structural faults, including both side girts being broken.[2]
Restoration
In 1994, a supporting steel framework was placed around the mill, and the remaining iron sheeting that clad the breast and sides of the mill removed. The tail of the mill was clad in plywood to keep the weather out. A trust was set up in 1995, aiming to prevent further deterioration in the condition of the mill, and to assess options for restoration. The Heritage Lottery Fund agreed in principle to support the restoration work. English Heritage funded the study to produce an application for lottery funds to restore the mill.[3] A detailed study of the mill was made in the summer of 2000. IJP Millwrights of Binfield Heath were contracted to restore the mill.[4] A grant of £570,000 towards a total retoration cost of £770,000 was made in December 2001, this being the biggest single Lottery grant to an individual windmill.[3] The mill was dismantled during November and December 2003, and taken in sections to IJP's workshops. Modern millwrighting techniques, including CAD were used in the assessment of the structure of the mill in preparation for the rebuild. It was found that one of the quarterbars in the trestle would need to be replaced due to damage done by Death Watch Beetles.
Camera -Olympus E-510
Exposure -141 secs
Aperture -f/13.0
Focal Length -14 mm
ISO Speed -100
A 10 and a 3 stop ND filter stacked to give a long exposure, as the clouds were only moving very slowly.
Los holandeses son enormemente innovadores cuando el objetivo es impedir que el agua penetre en sus tierras. Han construido diques, fortificaciones y, por último, sin por ello restarles un ápice de importancia, molinos de viento y agua para crear nuevas tierras. El molino más antiguo es un molino de agua que data del siglo VIII. Se utilizaron técnicas de bombeo para desecar cientos de lagos y marismas y para impedir que las tierras quedaran inundadas. En la actualidad, los molinos de viento son característicos del paisaje holandés y son un símbolo de la lucha que el país mantiene con el agua.
The Dutch have become very innovative when it comes to keeping out the water. They have built dykes, fortifications and last but not least wind and watermills to create new land. The oldest mill is a watermill that dates back to the eighth century. These techniques were used to pump dry hundreds of lakes and swamps and to prevent land from flooding. Today, windmills are characteristic of the Dutch landscape and a symbol of the Dutch struggle with water.
Took a mad dash out to Pitstone this evening to catch the last light and a few images of this windmill. According to trusty wikipedia; 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. It should be remembered that such a structure would have had to have frequent repairs made to it, so it is quite possible the mill predates 1627.
Canon 17-40L @ 26mm
Aperture f/4
Shutter 1/4s & 1/2s
Kood ND4 Hard Grad Grey