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This is Zanse Schanse. In an effort to preserve some of the old windmills quite a few of them have been relocated to this little area somewhere North of Amsterdam. It was very cute, but very tourist catered.
Up close to Rottingdean Smock mill. Unfortunately not a lot is left of its interior although the remains of the fantail are still stored within. A modern tubular steel skeleton supports what is left of the old mills structure
Stone windmill. These can be found all over Fuerteventura as it is so flat, they are all still in use
"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."
Heckington near Sleaford on the line from Lincoln to Skegness is the most perfect of country stations. A level crossing, functional signal box and semaphore signals and of course the 8 sail windmill.
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.
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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 which dominates the pretty Buckinghamshire village of Brill, England. The solitary windmill is on top of a big hill, with a grand view in all directions over the county.
Stansted Mountfitchet Windmill
Stansted Mountfitchet Windmill was built in 1787 for Joseph Lindsell. Lindsell sold the mill in 1807 to Henry Chaplin, who mortgaged the mill to Robert Sworder in April 1808. Chaplin died in 1844 and the mill was offered for sale by auction on 22 December 1846 without a buyer being found.
In 1847, it was reported that one pair of sails required replacement. The old Common sails were replaced with a pair of Spring sails at a cost of £29 4s 0d by Thomas Seabrook, millwright of Furneaux Pelham, Hertfordshire. In March 1848, it was reported that one of the remaining Common sails had blown down, and the remaining sail was not fit for further work. A pair of “new Patent sails” was fitted at a cost of £12 5s 0d, with a new sail back costing a further £5 13s 4d. In November 1848 the mill was again working on two sails, and another pair of Patent sails were fitted at a cost of £23. Hicks demanded a reduction in rent from £60 to £45 per annum at midsummer 1850, which he was successful in obtaining.
Hicks left the mill in 1853, and recommended William Randall Dixon to be the next tenant. Dixon took the mill on a seven-year lease at £45 in May that year. A bake office was built in February 1854 at Dixon’s request and the rent was increased to £55. An oak stock was reported as cracked at about this time, and the mill was again reduced to two sails in September 1854 as a stock was defective. Dixon left the mill in 1856 and Edward Hicks again took the tenancy of the mill.
In 1860 Hicks asked for the mill to be modernised and a new steam mill to be built. The proposal for the steam mill was dropped, but a new windshaft was required and a fantail was asked for in return for an increase in rent. The cap frame was also repaired, with a new weatherbeam fitted.[5] A new cast iron windshaft was fitted by Seabrook at a cost of £25. Seabrook fitted a new fantail in that year at a cost of a further £25.[6] Hicks left the mill in June 1861, and a local man by the name of Ervin took the mill at a reduced rent of £40.[5] In 1862, millwright Fyson of Soham remodelled the machinery, converting the mill from an underdrift mill to an overdrift mill at a cost of £58 13s 7d. The stage and round house were removed at this time. John Buck took the mill in 1863 an a rent of £20, and reported that various work done by Fyson was faulty. Rectification was carried out by Seabrook. The mill was sold to William White in January 1865 for £1,150.
By 1870, the mill had four double Patent sails which were over 7 feet (2.1 m) wide. A steam engine was assisting the sails by 1890.[5] The mill last worked commercially in 1910. In 1930, the tower had to be strengthened with three iron bands[6] and in 1934 the second Lord Blyth had the mill repaired and presented it to the parish. The mill served as a Scout hut from the 1940s to 1963. It was scheduled as an Ancient Monument in 1952. The mill was opened to the public for the first time in 1964, with restoration work being done in 1966. In 1984-5, the mill was repaired by Millwrights International of Mapledurham, Berkshire at a cost of £14,000. The work enabled both the cap and sails to turn. In 2003, the mill was struck by lightning during an open day. In 2005, it was reported that repairs costing £70,000 were needed. An appeal to local residents for support in raising money towards the repair of the mill was generally ignored, despite leafletting every house in Stansted Mountfitchet.
The above information obtained courtesy of Wikipedia
Maud Foster windmill, Willoughby Road, Boston, Lincolnshire. Monday 20 August 2012.
Maud Foster Windmill is a seven-storey, five sail windmill built for Thomas and Isaac Reckitt in 1819 by the Hull millwrights Norman and Smithson. Alongside is a granary, there also used to be a steam powered bone mill. Having changed owners many times Maud Foster was preserved in the 1950s. Nowadays she is a successful commercial venture and is fully accessible. Inside is mostly original machinery, iron has been used for the main shaft and cogs.
Photograph copyright: Ian 10B.
Camera: Canon EOS 550D.
The Fabyan Windmill in Geneva, IL. Taken on park closing. The park district police asked some other people to leave, but let me stay. Thanks park district guy!
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Cromer Windmill – Hertfordshire’s sole surviving windmill and a grade II* listed building dates from 1681, as determined by a dendrochronological survey conducted in 1998. It stands on an artificial mound just outside Cromer, near Ardeley, in which parish a windmill has stood for nearly 800 years.
Although blown over around 1860, Cromer Windmill was re-built and used until the 1920’s when milling by wind became uneconomic and the mill fell into disrepair. Apart from some repairs conducted in 1938 and sails having already been removed for safety, nothing further was done to the mill until an appeal in 1964 from concerned local people to save the windmill.
Restoration of Cromer Windmill and its internal machinery has taken more than 30 years to complete. Many organisations, including much support from local people, assisted with raising funds and restoration work.
This is my favourite windmill. I know it from when I was in grade school. I have seen it almost every day, when I played outside. When I come back to Kiel and I can see it from the train, then I know, it will only be a few minutes. This windmill is part of an open-air museum near the place where I used to live as a child.
Brixton Windmill listed Grade II, and is a significant landmark.
It is a reminder of Lambeth's rural past, once this borough had 12 windmills, this is the last remaining one in inner London, and it has been looked after by friends of Windmill Garden.
It is quite amazing when you stumble across it, and very interesting, and the realisation of how things have changed.