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I loved all the windmills on the way out to Pittsburgh from Salt Lake. Not a great picture, but pretty good considering it was taken from the car window.
Four traditional Dutch windmills stand sentinel against a dramatic sky in Kinderdijk. The muted colors and overcast conditions create a serene, almost melancholic atmosphere. The windmills UNESCO site, a testament to Dutch ingenuity and history, are positioned amidst a landscape of reeds and a frozen waterway.
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• Windmühle nahe dem Ort " Gelbenande " und Mönchhagen ", Ostseeküste Mecklenburg-Vorpommern / Deutschland •
• Windmill, near the towns " Gelbensande " and " Mönchhagen " in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Baltic Sea / Germany •
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Questa è la tipica e squallida cartolina. E’ il più classico mulino a vento olandese, anzi, non è nemmeno tipico: è commerciale. Non funziona. Si trova alla periferia di Amsterdam ad esclusivo uso e consumo dei turisti. Se proprio vogliamo essere pignoli una piccola variazione sul tema è presente e si manifesta sotto colpo di fortuna chiamato aereo. Ma nonostante l’aspetto ‘cartolina‘ questa è una foto che mi piace molto. Per i colori, per l’ambientazione, per il ricordo; perché ho dovuto aspettare tanto tempo per riuscire a cogliere il momento senza turisti. E le foto ottenute con pazienza e perseveranza sono sempre le migliori.
St Monans Windmill is the most tangible reminder of salt production,
an industry that for centuries blighted the environment of coastal communities right along both shores of the Firth of Forth. Salt extraction remains mostly in a series of placenames alongside the River Forth involving "pan" or "pans". The most well known of these is Prestonpans, where industrial salt extraction continued until as recently as 1959. Salt production at St Monans is due to Sir John Anstruther, who became the local laird in 1753 and 1771 he and his business partner, Robert Fall, established the Newark Coal and Salt Company. Coal was extracted from land immediately to the north of the windmill from a mine whose site is now occupied by Coal Farm. The salt pans were housed in nine buildings on the raised beach below the windmill, whose locations can still be seen today. The role of the windmill was to provide the power to pump sea water from tidally-fed reservoirs cut into the rocks offshore into the salt pans. Production went on round the clock and at the height of operations the salt pans employed 20 men, while the colliery serving it employed a further 36 men. More information at
An early C19th Grade II listed tower mill. Following devastation in the 1987 storms the sails have now been refitted and it's back to working order.
We saw the remains of lots of these windmills in Mallorca and wondered what they were for -- maybe water pumps? These are in the city of Palma and we suspect that they were built to impress the tourists rather than as working examples.
I never knew of this windmill's existence till I came upon it at 4am. Needless to say I was quite surprised-so very Dutch in the Somerset countryside! I later returned at dawn to photo it.
After quite some time I decided to play with it (skew,S curve ect) and stick it on Flickr.
Nikon D7000 with sigma 24-70 macro @ f/6.3 for 1/125sec.
Stone windmill. These can be found all over Fuerteventura as it is so flat, they are all still in use
Windmill in Serra do Louro, near Palmela, Portugal.
In the backgroud you see the castle of Palmela.
Serra do Louro hiking tour from Azeitão to Palmela (windmill tour). Serra do Louro is a kind of foothills of the Serra da Arrábida.
Natur und Kultur in Mittelportugal (Nature and Culture in Mid-Portugal), Wikinger-Reisen, September 2011
"The windmill on Bidston Hill is mentioned in an early manuscript dated 1609 and may have been there as early as 1596. It is next mentioned in the Kingston map of 1665.
The mill of 1665 was a 'peg mill'. It was destroyed in 1791 during a gale. In the high winds, the sails revolved so fast that the friction caused the machinery to ignite!
In 1800, a new 'tower mill' was built from brick to replace the peg mill. The tower mill ground corn to flower for 75 years. Situated on top of Bidston Hill, it was ideally placed to catch the wind, but getting to and from the mill caused no end of problems for cart drivers. The windmill could produce 122lb (about 51kg) of flour every 3 to 5 minutes (depending on the wind speed).
In this style of mill the top or ‘cap’ can be rotated through 360°, so that sails can follow the direction of the wind. On the back of the mill you can see the large wooden chain-wheel, which was used to turn the roof slowly around using a rack and gear system."
Craziest things ever - taller than Buffalo's City Hall. I think each blade is about 200 feet long. Took a crazy hike through a trashed beach, a desert, rock climbed, then paths through (well mostly above) pits of toxic waste from Bethlehem Steel (ass holes) only to find these crazy giants. Getting to the top of the hill (where I was standing for this) was so rewarding! They make a really violent humming noise..which I'm guessing is the turbines making power? Anyway, the day this was taken was probably the first time these have been photographed (also by Joe P, same day) as far as I know/have seen.
The rudder sail of the windmill at Wilton in Wiltshire. It's surprising how well ballanced the whole revolving top of the windmill is. With only a very light breeze that day any slight movement of the sail easily moved the top dome and main sails. The rest in the series can be viewed on my stream. Thanks for visiting.
If you would like more information look here: www.wiltonwindmill.co.uk/
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