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Blennerville Windmill
Tralee, County Kerry
Ireland
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A windmill is a mill that converts the energy of wind into rotational energy by means of vanes called sails or blades.
"Like a circle in a spiral
Like a wheel within a wheel
Never ending or beginning
On an ever-spinning reel
As the images unwind
Like the circles that you find
In the windmills of your mind."
~Michel Legrand
Windmills at Kinderdijk The Netherlands
From my archives, taken in March 10 years ago.
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 an UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1997. ( Information Wikipedia )
This Windmill is one of Warwickshire's famous landmarks.
It was built around 1632-33 by Sir Edward Peyto (Lord of Chesterton manor).
Built from local limestone it is supported by six semicircular arches on piers.
The mill has undergone 3 major reconstructions:-
1 in 1776 when the shaft was modified
1 in 1860 when the cap was altered
and 1 in 1969 when larger reconstruction works began under the control of Warwickshire County Council (W.C.C) which finished in 1971.
This mill is the oldest tower mill in England to retain any of its working parts.
Lowfield Heath Windmill is a grade II listed post mill at Charlwood, Surrey, England which has been restored to working order.
The history can be found here:- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lowfield_Heath_Windmill
Windmill in Sussex known as the Jill windmill, a neighbour to Jack! One pair of sails removed at the time for maintenance.
Photo taken by Ian McLean.
Lytham Windmill is situated on Lytham Green in the coastal town of Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, England. It is of the type known as a tower mill and was designed for grinding wheat and oats to make flour or bran.
Here's what Wikipedia has to say about it:- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lytham_Windmill
Nikon D300 - 12mm - F25 - ISO 200 - 55,0 sec. - ND16 filter
Chvalkovice, Czech Republic
© 2014 Karel Hrouzek
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This mill is a grist and hulling mill. It is an octagonal top porter that was built in 1851 as a successor to a post mill, which dates from before 1628. The mill has a pair of millstones and two incomplete pelts. In the past there was also a couple of mustard stones in the mill, one copy has been bricked into the wall of the parking lot at the foot of the mill.
The mill is located on a mill mountain in the village center of Winsum. Windmill 'De Ster' was used professionally until the 1980s and, after a major restoration in the 1990s, runs regularly on a voluntary basis. At the moment the mill is not capable of grinding, but the blades are turned a few times a month. At the end of 2008, a number of parts of the mill were replaced and the outer rod was fitted with new self-swing valves. The mill is owned by the Windmill Foundation Winsum.
Windmills Juxtaposition of Old and New on a Dry Lake North-West of Snowflake, AZ
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Great Haseley, Oxfordshire.
I'm pleased to have another good looking windmill near me. This one has been restored to its former glory and looks perfect. I'm sure you will be seeing more shots of it in the future.
You can find the Bonne-Chière mill in Bruges on the 'Kruisvest', on the outskirts of the city. The mill has been built in 1844 and served as a corn and oil mill. The mill was origianlly from another town nearby, 'Olsene' it was demolished there and rebuilt on its current place in 1911 to replace a mill that was damaged due to a heavy weather storm in 1903. On its current location the mill has never been used, it's only there as a tourist attraction.
The mill has three so called attics: the stone floor, where the grinding seats are located, the grinding floor where the flour was collected, and the lower loft that was used to stack bags. The mill is not open to the public. You can find it at this address: Kruisvest, Bruges.
In total there are 4 mills on the Bruges 'Kruisvest' The other ones are The Sint-Janshuismolen, De Nieuwe Papegaai ( The New Parrot) and the Koelewei mill. (from Amazing Belgium)
These photos are taken from the rest stop on westbound I-90 at the west edge of the Columbia River valley. There's a row of new (in the last year or so?) windmills running north from there.
Campo de Criptana
La Mancha
Spain
Campo de Criptana is home to the famous windmills that supposedly inspired Miguel de Cervantes, the author of Don Quichote.
I think we all know about the adventures of the Spanish nobleman and his servant Sancho Panza and if not you can read about it here Written in 1605 it is one of the earliest novels of modern western literature.
The story of Don Quichotes battle against the windmills you can see here :-))
This was taken about 24 hours after the last post. Same windmill, same fence but a little different point of view, different focal length, and completely different weather conditions. What a difference a day makes. HFF
Located in the countryside between Great Haseley and Great Milton in south Oxfordshire. Believed to be built in 1760, the mill reached the end of its working life 100 years ago on the eve of the first world war, having ground corn for 150 years. It has now been restored by Sir Martin Wood for whom the windmill holds fond childhood memories.