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Pretty neat around all these windmills, there wasn't much wind near the ground but plenty at the tree tops. These things sound cool...
Chesterton Windmill is a famous feature of the Warwickshire landscape and can be seen from several miles away.
It stands on a hilltop overlooking the Roman Fosse Way about five miles south-east of Warwick.
The mill was built in the years 1632-1633 and remained in use until about 1910 when its machinery ceased to work. It was restored from 1965- 1971 by Warwickshire County Council in collaboration with the Society for the Preservation of Ancient Buildings and the Ministry of Public Building and Works.
Chesterton Windmill is a 17th-century cylindric stone tower windmill with an arched base, located outside the village of Chesterton, Warwickshire. It is a Grade 1 listed building and a striking landmark in South-East Warwickshire.
Windmills near Altamont. Poor framing on my part, but I like the cow casually grazing in front of these giant rotating blades.
This windmill was first built in 1804 in Holland. It was then shipped to Aruba piece by piece and reconstructed in 1960.
Zuiderzeemuseum, Amsterdam The Zuiderzee Museum, located on Wierdijk in the historic center of Enkhuizen, is a Dutch museum devoted to preserving the cultural heritage and maritime history from the old Zuiderzee region. With the closing of the Afsluitdijk (Barrier Dam) on May 28, 1932, the Zuiderzee was split in two parts: the waters below the Afsluitdijk are now called the IJsselmeer, while the waters north of it are now considered to be part of the Waddenzee. Wikipedia
The first of the windmills in the Rural Museum is probably the rarest in the town - a Plavia windmill manufactured by van Gelder of Sydney in the late 1920s. An interesting variation on the then-new Savonius design, this vertical axis windmill transmits the sails' motion into vertical oscillation for pumping through a simple bevel gear.
A sign reads:
Plavia Windmill
Origin & age unknown
Believed to be the only one in Australia
Donated by M.F.Neilsen