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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 flour 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 122 lb (about 51 kg ) of flour every 3 to 5 minutes (depending on the wind speed).
One from a cold and windy day in Norfolk back in April.
Cley Windmill is a grade II listed tower mill at Cley next the Sea, Norfolk, England which has been converted to residential accommodation and is now a rather nice B&B.
The famous windmills of Kinderdijk rise high above the polder landscape of Alblasserwaard, their mighty sails proudly facing the wind. Still, these historical giants are just a small part of an enormous joint venture of people, nature, and technology. A thousand years ago, this whole area was one big peat bog, trapped between raging rivers and the fury of the sea. Hunters and fishermen came here only in summer, if the water levels were low enough..
Former windmill. Now an exclusive private home in Sandhurst, Kent, UK, close to the border with East Sussex.
The windmill
Is a spinning wheel
A massive metal flower
Threading breezes
Through her petals
Whirling hour by hour
Dizzy dancing
Day and night
A turning churning tower
Whisking winds
from all directions
Spinning air to power.
Taken 20 metres from The City of Nottingham Skyline photos during the same week..
Green's Windmill in Sneinton was built by the father of notable scientist and mathematician George Green in 1807. Today the working Mill is a popular museum and science centre, which teaches new generations of children about the valuable work of George Green.
Sadly, the mill was badly damaged by a fire in 1947, but was later restored by Nottingham City Council in the 1980's. The windmill began milling again in December 1986 and the giant sails can still be seen working to this day.
Set of early (01.30) in the hope the clouds would shift to allow a shot or 2 of the milky way but alas it wasn't to be. So opted to get a few snaps of our retired windwill at bembridge
Constructed around a central post so that it can be turned to face into the wind, this impressive postmill was built in the 18th century and is the only complete windmill left in the county.
The mill operated commercially, mostly grinding cattle feed, until 1939. It was purchased and restored in 1951 by Bedfordshire County Council, as part of the County's contribution to the Festival of Britain.
Stevington Mill was probably the last windmill in Britain working with four common (cloth covered) sails, which were replaced in 1958 and again in 2004, the latter after a seven year absence. the sails are turned periodically and the machinery, though requiring constant maintenance, is in rough working order.
The Iconic Whitburn Windmill situated on the Coast Road in Whitburn Sunderland. The earliest known records of a mill on this site date back to a 1779 coastal shipping survey, which shows a post mill in Whitburn. A post mill was the earliest form of windmill, in which all the grinding machinery and grain stores were supported by a central vertical post. The miller would have had to turn the whole mill around so that the sails faced into the wind.
It was freezing cold, I had just taken the kids to school and saw that sunrise was gong to be interesting. I ran home, grabbed my gear and got on my bike towards my fav windmill location close to home. I used exposure blending techniques in stead of my usual filter technique. I think I kinda like like this technique. Love the image qualty on this one.
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The current building was built around 1800 and continued working as a flour mill until about 1875.[1] After falling into disuse the windmill and the land, on which it stands, was purchased by Birkenhead Corporation and restored from 1894.
Bidston,Wirral
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Our visit to the Kinderdijk Windmills featured typical Dutch weather, though we've been quite lucky during the trip to have sunny warm days so far. There are 17 functioning windmills here; though the real job of pumping the water out into the river is done by modern pumps, the windmills are maintained in working condition by the families that live in them. The sails are rotated ~60,000 cycles per year just to be sure that everything still works since this is a huge tourism draw in the area and a UNESCO Heritage World Site.
Chesterton Windmill, Warwickshire, UK.
Additional information about this windmill
Colour version here
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