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De Zwann Windmill purchased from the Netherlands in 1964 and moved to what is now called Windmill Island @ Holland, Mi. (121850)* The windmill is over 250 years old.
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).
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.
Modern Windmills from the hills above Vantage, WA. I used my old manual 80-200mm f4.5 AI-S lens at f/11 for this picture.
Water Pumping Windmill located on the Heritage Ranch in the City of Red Deer Alberta Canada
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Took this picture using the Nikon 1 V1 w/ Nikkor
18.5mm F1.8 lens! I love this little setup in conjunction with my Micro Four Thirds setup! I love mirrorless! :)
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.
..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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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
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