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The San Gorgonio Pass, one of the windiest places in California, is a two-mile-wide pass that stretches between the San Jacinto and San Gorgonio Mountain ranges that rise up to 9,000 feet.
The winds in this region are a direct result of air passing from the high pressure to low pressure area or the warm desert air mixing with cooler coastal air. The winds here reach average speeds of 15 to 20 mph, with the highest wind speeds occurring in the hot summer months.
The wind power revolution is well underway. I don't know how many of these things would be needed to really make a significant contribution to the nations power needs but they are indemic around my grandparents house and it's not uncommon to see the trucks carrying parts for new ones rolling down the roads.
Pipestone, Minnesota, USA, September 2010
Lytham windmill - a remarkable landmark in the older and more picturesque part of twin towns Lytham St Anne's on the Lancashire coast. The roof in the foreground with the weather vane belongs to the old lifeboat station.
Our tour guide told us that people actually live in this windmill on the outskirts of Amsterdam. Poor guys must have tourists coming by snapping photos all the time!
ஆவரைகுளம், திருநெல்வேலி மாவட்டம்
As many as 600 windmills have been installed in the areas under the jurisdiction of Aavaraikulam, Tirunelveli District; Avaraikulam is a village in Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu, India. A village with 90% of people working for Agriculture directly or indirectly.
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De Krimstermolen is een grote poldermolen ten noorden van het dorp Zuidwolde in de gemeente Bedum, provincie Groningen.
De molen werd oorspronkelijk aan het Kardingermaar in de buurtschap het Reidland gebouwd na brand van een voorganger in 1904 en bemaalde daar de Oostelijke Bedummerpolder. Na in onbruik te zijn geraakt kreeg de molen een nieuwe functie als reservemaalwerktuig ten noorden van Zuidwolde. Hiertoe werd de molen in 1977 verplaatst. Thans is de molen gerestaureerd en weer maalvaardig . de molen draait geregeld op vrijwillige basis. 'De Krimstermolen' die sinds de herbouw van 1904 ook wel 'De Phoenix' (naar de vogel Feniks, die uit zijn as herrees) wordt genoemd, is met een vlucht (afmetingen van de wieken) van 24,25 meter de grootste poldermolen in de provincie Groningen.
De molen is voorzien van stroomlijnwieken volgens het systeem Dekker met zelfzwichting en remkleppen. De molen is eigendom van de Molenstichting Hunsingo en Omstreken.
bron Wikipedia
Title: Pearl Steel Windmill
Description:
The Pearl Steel model was manufactured by the Batavia Wind Mill Company from the 1890s to the 1900s. For more information, please go to the following link:
www.bataviahistory.org/media/1057177/3windmill%20book%202...
Notes:
Creator: Batavia Public Library
Date: 2013
Location: The pictured windmill is located near the Batavia Government Center in Batavia, IL.
Rights: No restrictions
Preferred Credit: Courtesy of BataviaHistory.org
Accession Number: 2013-091
Tower windmill. 1877 by Saunderson of Louth. Restored 1970 and 1981 by the Department of the Environment. Tarred brick. Ogee cupola with small ball finial. Fan-tail and 6 double sided sails. Dentil and moulded eaves. 5 storeys with decorative wrought iron balcony to the second floor. South side with doorway 6 steps up with plank double door, on the second floor is a cambered arched doorway with part glazed door. The north side with similar doorway and door to the second floor. The west and east sides both with single pivotal casements under cambered arches on each floor. Interior. Internal machinery in full working order. Elevator to hurst which terminates in a hopper on the first floor. Spout down to the ground floor. First floor with tentering gear and spouts, machinery also includes bridge tree, governor, spindle with mace head and gimbal bar. Second floor with hopper, vat, quant, runner stone and two pairs of restored grey stones and single pair of French stones. Great spur wheel with upright shaft all of iron, this drives through mortice stone nuts. Fifth floor with iron sack hoist and chain. Brake wheel, wallower, brake and brake lever all of iron. EH Listing
Nantucket Windmill located on the Island of Nantucket, Massachusetts: Photograph taken November 29, 2014
www.capecodwindmills.scificincinnati.com/nantucket_windmi...
A windmill is a mill that converts the energy of wind into rotational energy by means of vanes called sails or blades. Centuries ago, windmills usually were used to mill grain (gristmills), pump water (windpumps), or both.
Ashton windmill is a Tower mill in Chapel Allerton, Somerset, England. Its tower is over 7.5 metres (25 ft) high with stone walls that are 60 cm (2.0 ft) thick. The sails are 13 m (43 ft) across and used to be covered with canvas. The last millstones were 1.2 m (3.9 ft) across and the millstones used to grind wheat for flour and beans for cattle food.
The first mill on the site was medieval, but the present structure probably dates from the 18th century. It was modernised in 1900 with machinery brought from the demolished Moorlinch mill, and iron hoops around the building being added. It was restored in 1967. The mill has been designated by English Heritage as a grade II listed building.
It is now preserved, having been given to Bristol City Museum in 1966 and is owned by Sedgemoor District Council, and maintained by volunteers.
In 2008 the council applied for listed building planning consent to undertake major restoration work on the windmill, including replacement of the stone steps, installation of hand rails, guard rails and safety bars, alterations to the window shutters and replacement of the sail frames with wood laminate.
In 2010 Sedgemoor Council decided it could no longer afford to maintain the windmill and has appealed for an independent group of trustees to take on the responsibility for the building.