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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”, which was destroyed in 1791 during a gale which caused the sails to break loose and revolve at such a speed that the friction caused the machinery to ignite!
It was succeeded by this brick-built tower mill and was used to grind corn to flour for 75 years. The mill was built in the year 1800 and although access to its facilities caused no end of problems for cart drivers, it was ideally placed to catch the wind. The windmill could produce 122 lb (50.84 kg ) of flour every 3 to 5 minutes (depending on the wind speed).
In this style of mill the top or ‘cap’ can be rotated through 360° so the sails could be moved to follow the direction of the wind. On the back of the mill you can see the large wooden chain-wheel, which was used to slowly turn the roof around using a rack and gear system. The last miller to work the mill was Mr Youds. Although safety concerns were not as important in the 1800s as they are today, the windmill did have one important safety feature: an extra door! This prevented millers walking out of the mill into the rapidly turning sails (60 miles an hour on a good 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
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.
Morgan Lewis Windmill that is having conservation work carried out and will be on show to the public soon.
Morgan Lewis is one of the only two intact and restored sugar mills in the Caribbean.
Love them or hate them they are here to stay. Personally I love them. Somewhere on the A30 in Cornwall.
Chesterton Windmill landscape with a tone mapped hdr effect created in photomatix software
3 bracketed images final edit done in LR6 and photoshop
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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One of the windmills in the town of Oia in Santorini.
I decided to include the shadow of the TV aerial that's on the wall.
A little walk around one of my favourite places last night (Wentworth Village) and a photo of one of my favourite buldings.
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.
Chesterton Windmill, Warwickshire, UK.
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Colour version here
Made Explore 25th July highest position #252