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Day 4, 201 Road Trip, Austin to west Texas. Somewhere in Texas, maybe near Hico. Saw tons of these all over Texas.
The exterior of Nutbourne Tower windmill, built in 1854 it ceased working around 1893-4 since when it fell into disrepair leaving only the tower remaining. The mill stands within the grounds of Nutbourne Vineyards who now use the tower as their shop and wine tasting centre. As seen on the Sussex Mills Group tour of West Sussex, 18 April 2009. Photograph by Justin Brice.
Visiting Halnaker Tower Windmill near Chichester, West Sussex, June 2008. Photograph by Justin Brice.
Mill De Nieuwe Papegaai (The New Parrot), an old wooden standardmill that has served as on oil press mill on the Kruisvest, Bruges. It once stood in Beveren-IJzer and was brought to Bruges in 1970
Ready to cut!
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Windmill Workshop for Aira: Re-build and modification of Aira's Creative Workshop 41071, using parts only from Aira's Pegasus Sleigh 41077.
Up high on a mountain top, partially hidden by clouds, she has a workshop to create wings for her fly -- using the wind power element.
The windmill's wing-blades can be turned by using the wind power key -- found on the back above her workshop.
She uses watchmaker's magnifying glass to make precise measurements and markings. She can practice using her new wings by landing on the key, or the tree where a special crystal grows below.
Here's a video of turning the windmill with the Wind Key: www.flickr.com/photos/legomymamma/28022340539/in/dateposted/
This is Windmill 'Hermien' and it is situated just outside the town of Harreveld, a village within my own township. It's a former gristmill and was built in 1819.
A couple weekends ago we went up to Iowa with Bailey's family to visit her great aunt and then went to Omaha to see their zoo. Since I-29 is still closed due to flooding, we took a detour down some 2-lane highways, and along the way we passed a bunch of these windmills. They looked interesting, so we took some photos while driving by.
Binbrook Windmill was a handsome tall six-sailer with a gallery, built in 1879, which ceased work in 1938. The Air Ministry considered demolishing both Binbrook and Waltham Windmills during the war since they were seen as possible waypoints for German bombers. Waltham (built at about the same time) is still a working mill, but unfortunately Binbrook didn't survive. Apologies for the scratches on the image - it looks like a small child's work.
I was probably about 100 feet from this bad boy. Joe and I were completely floored. Well, I was at least, Joe probably was too. I have read that the tips of each blade move at about 200MPH. Crazy crazy crazy.
Just passing this afternoon so I stopped off to see what the farmer was doing with the field this Autumn. Not a lot going on so decided to walk up to the mill and upon approaching noticed that it has been 'Tagged' (or defaced with graffiti). Now this is a windmill, Grade 2 Listed, dating back to 1627 and thought to be the oldest in the country and maintained by The National Trust. It stands in a field in the middle of the countryside about two hundred yards away from the road. It's not in some urban concrete jungle or a railway siding on the run into Euston . . . It's in a field in rural Buckinghamshire so why some 'street' 'erbert sees value in daubing it with his mark beggars belief . . . Who is he trying to impress? Rabbits?
Now I wasn't going to post this shot as I thought it might give him some publicity, but then I thought that perhaps I should put it into the public domain and hopefully maybe, just maybe sometime in the future he might come across it on the net and realise just what a Pratt he was!
Ivinghoe, Buckinghamshire.
iPhone 4
30th September 2015
Pitstone Windmill is thought to be the oldest windmill in the UK, it dates back to 1627.
I'm going through a bit of a hard time at the moment, so I went to see my parents for some tea and sympathy and went the scenic route. On the way I stopped and took a photo of this windmill.
Lacey Green windmill stands on the escarpment of the Chiltern Hills, near Princes Risborough and halfway between High Wycombe and Aylesbury. Since 1971 it has been restored back to working order by members of The Chiltern Society. It has been restored to preserve its unique wooden machinery, which probably dates from around 1650, making this the oldest smock windmill in the country. It is thought that the body of the mill was rebuilt in the early 19th century, and at some time its machinery was modernised. The modernisations included the fitting of a fantail (on the back of the cap) to turn the cap into the wind automatically. The windmill was in use until around 1915. After this it was used in the 1920s as a weekend cottage. However despite some obvious attempts at weatherproofing (with corrugated iron sheets and roofing felt), by the mid 1930s it was in a poor condition, and rapidly deteriorating. More details can be found on the website www.laceygreenwindmill.org.uk/index.htm