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An after work trip to Chesterton Windmill resulted in this. I thought it might rain so I was glad the clouds shifted.
Used a GND and tripod, lens at 18mm, f/16
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This photo is the final image of a small set taken on the same evening, read my blog about them here: thphotos.co.uk/2011/10/evening-at-chesterton-windmill-war....
The only way to get the entire windmill is to either stand far on the road or use a wide angle lens. I picked the second solution as getting run over by a car did not really appeal to me.
Jill is a post mill originally built in Dyke Road, Brighton, in 1821. It was known as Lashmar's New Mill and was built to replace Lashmar's Old Mill. In 1830, the Windshaft broke, bringing the sails crashing to the ground. A painting by Nash dated 1839 and an engraving in the Handbook to Brighton (1847) show her to have had a roof mounted Fantail.
In 1852 she was moved to Clayton by a team of horses and oxen. The site is now Belmont—a short street of Grade II-listed villas.
The working life of the mills ended in 1906 and in 1908 Jill was damaged in a storm. She lost her fantail and sails over the years until in 1953 restoration was carried out by E Hole and Son, the Burgess Hill millwrights, funded by Cuckfield Rural District Council.
In 1978, restoration of Jill to working order was commenced. Jill ground flour again in 1986. During the Great Storm of 1987, the mill's sails were set in motion with the brake on, setting fire to the mill. Some members of the Windmill Society were able to get to the mill and save her.
Today, Jill is in working order and open to the public most Sundays between May and September. She produces stoneground wholemeal flour on an occasional basis. The vast majority of her flour is sold to visitors. It is ground from organic wheat, grown locally in Sussex. On the occasions when the wind is blowing and Jill is in operation, a guide is available to explain the process of milling. Jill Windmill is owned by Mid Sussex District Council.
Jill is a post mill with a two-storey roundhouse. She has four Patent Sails and is winded by a five blade fantail mounted on the tailpole. The windshaft is wooden, with a cast iron poll end dated 1831. Jill has two pairs of millstones, arranged Head and Tail. The compass arm Tail Wheel shows evidence of having been used as a Brake Wheel at some time. The main Post of Jill is made from four separate pieces of timber, a feature seen in some Sussex post mills and only found in this and Argos Hill Mill today.
On our way to Tomifobia, while driving the countryside roads of the Eastern Townships, we were lucky enough to see a nice rainbow.
En route vers Tomifobia, en roulant sur les routes de campagne des Cantons de l'est, nous avons eu la chance de voir un bel arc-en-ciel.
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Op Mallorca kun je er niet omheen. Overal staan molens. Vele molens zijn blauw/wit geschilderd. Blauw staat hier voor water, wit voor wind. Wat vele mensen niet weten, is dat de uitvinder van de eerste water windmolen een Nederlandse ingenieur was.
Zijn naam was Pablo Antonio Bouvij de Schorremberg, geboren op 5 januari 1807 in Amsterdam. In 1835 vertrok hij naar Spanje en vestigde zich op Mallorca. Daar kwam Bouvij op het idee om het gebied Sant Jordi te redden. Sant Jordi was een moerasgebied, vol met (malaria dragende) muggen. In 1845 richtte hij een klein bedrijfje op en legde een netwerk van kanalen aan, waardoor al het water via een water windmolen uiteindelijk in de zee terecht kwam (in Ca’n Pastilla/Playa de Palma). Deze eerste molen moest het land dus droogleggen en niet irrigeren.
In deze periode ontwikkelde Bouvij echter ook de eerste windmolen die het terrein onder de zeespiegel moest irrigeren. Vanwege zijn grote prestaties op Mallorca is in Sant Jordi een straat naar hem genoemd.
Canon EOS 5D Mark II met EF 16-35 f/2.8L II USM
25mm, f/8.0, 1/2000, 1/500 en 1/125 sec op 100 ISO
Standard 3-RAW shot (-2EV; 0;+2EV), Photomatix Pro 4.0 en Adobe Photoshop CS6
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