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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..
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.
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.
These windmills are on the water so I don't believe they were for pumping; more likely for grinding grain.
Zaanse Schans, Netherlands
Love them or hate them they are here to stay. Personally I love them. Somewhere on the A30 in Cornwall.
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
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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Malacca City (also spelled Melaka) is the capital of the coastal state of Malacca, in southwestern Malaysia
..in Alkmaar.
..Alkmaar is a historic city in the Province of North-Holland in the Netherlands, about 10 km inland from the coast, and 40 km north-west of Amsterdam. The city's population is about 95 000, the whole urban area has about twice that number. Alkmaar is the regional center for the northern part of the Province, serving about 600 000 people. The city center preserves the 17th-century pattern of canals and narrow streets, and has many historic buildings..
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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.
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Two Windmills, Mykonos, Greece. A closeup shot of the two out of five landmark windmills in Mykonos. This series was from my freelance travel project in Greece 2016.
This is a nice little cluster of farm structures in Soda Springs, Idaho. It looks like they are not being used anymore, but someone has painted a little house, granary, and other buldings recently. The windmill was made by the Fairbury Windmill Company in Nebraska, and looks like it is also in good shape. It is nice that someone cares enough about this little farm to take care of it.
When i return to my hometown, EskiÅŸehir, the first thing i did was being taken by my brother from coach station to this park. He said he was bored :)) I don't even know why a person's first thing to do is going to a park after a 4 year education adventure.
When we drove here, there was a song by MFÖ on the radio, which goes like:
"Though we're together now, my love
Even if we breake up or die for this love
There's always a solitude, darling; solitude is forever
Solitude is forever..."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GS9oI7RRMk
And slowly the sun started to set.
Şelale (Waterfall) Park, Eskişehir - Türkiye
PS: If you think it's ridiculous to have a watermill where there is no water nearby, here's my next post :)
ashton windmill is a Tower mill in Chapel Allerton, Somerset, England. Its tower is over 7.5 metres (25 ft) high with stone walls that are 60 cm (2.0 ft) thick.
The only surviving windmill on the Isle of Wight
This little gem is a Grade 1 listed building and one of the island's most iconic images. Built around 1700, it last operated in 1913 but still has most of its original machinery intact.
Climb to the top of the mill then find out how it once worked as you descend its four floors.
Also, because there is a fence in this shot...Happy Fence Friday Folks !