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Taken at Pitstone Windmill, Buckinghamshire, the oldest windmill in the UK.
This image was taken using a 6 stop and 10 stop Hitech Firecrest ND filter stacked together to give a 4 min exposure at midday. A 10 stop filter only gave a 10 second exposure which was not enough to blur the clouds, 4 minutes was much better.
Originally Built by Louis Backhaus, and his brother-in-law Freidrick Brockmann, German craftsmen, between 1875-1876, on a site at Meyers Road near 16th Street, now Lombard, IL. Purchased by colonel George Fabyan from Mrs. Fred Runge for about $8000 and moved to his estate, Riverbank, in Geneva in July 1915.
The History is available as you tour the interior of the windmill for a $2 donation per adult. It's a beautiful thing to see in person. According to the tour guide, there is usually 2 millers there operating the windmill every day, unfortunately, they did not come today. He seemed to think that was unusual...go figure, my luck.
This was taken on an impromptu day trip to Anglesey. An amazing day out visiting some favourite old haunts. Late in the afternoon we arrived at Lynnon windmill: the last remaining working mill on Anglesey. It had officially closed for the day but we were very kindly allowed access to take a couple of photos!
Fully restored and operational. Originally built in 1875 from a Dutch windmill kit! Now a national historic site.
nrhp # 79000075- Davidson Windmill is a historic windmill in Lakeside, Wisconsin, United States.[2]
The windmill was built in 1900 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
Built by Finnish immigrant and homesteader, Jacob (Jaako Tapola) Davidson, the Davidson Windmill is one of a very few grist mills in the Midwest, and the only one in Wisconsin known to be of Finnish origin. It sits on a bluff overlooking the Amnicon River and served Old-Brule and Lakeside in the South Shore region from 1904 to 1926. Constructed of native materials, it was used for milling locally grown grains for both animal and human consumption.
from Wikipedia
It is believed that this Smock Mill was erected on Beacon Hill in 1802 as the carved initials TB, 1802, standing for Thomas Beard, the owner, are to be seen on one of the original internal timbers. Further evidence of the date comes from the Sussex Weekly Advertiser of the 7th June 1802, which states that a human skeleton was discovered by workmen digging for the foundations of the windmill.
The Mill ground the corn of the village and supplied flour to the local bakers until it ceased to function in 1881. After this time it became progressively dilapidated and the village was in danger of losing their mill.
Imagine all the people living life in peace. You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us, and the world will be as one.
John Lennon
This windmill, called 'Windlust', was built by Dirk David van Dijk in 1852 in the village of Achthuizen, on the island of Goeree-Overflakkee, in the Netherlands.