Some one told me that these provide 12 % of the power... look at the telephone poles to get a feel for how big they are..

Great windmill, Skerries, Dublin, Ireland

Windmills outside of Spearville, Ks

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 I listed building and a striking landmark in South-East Warwickshire.

The windmill is one of Warwickshire's most famous landmarks. It stands on a hilltop overlooking the village of Chesterton for nearly 350 years. It is near the Roman Fosse Way and about five miles (8 km) south-east of Warwick. It was built around 1632-1633, probably by Sir Edward Peyto, who was Lord of the Chesterton Manor House. At this time John Stone, a pupil of Inigo Jones, was in Chesterton designing the new Manor House and he probably helped with the windmill as well. Sir Edward was a Mathematician and Astrologer and probably his own architect to the windmill, but although claims have been made that the tower was originally built as an observatory, the estate accounts now at Warwick Record Office show that it has always been a windmill, making it the earliest tower mill in England to retain any of its working parts.

Windmill out at the "huntin spot"

This was a shot I took a little later that morning driving back from Prarie Du Chien.

Windmill in Friesland / Netherlands

Community of 19 Privately owned Windmills from the 1740 established to help dewater the Ploder

Some of the 139 Giant Windmills seen on the Cedar Point Wind-farm near Limon, Colorado.

the windmill taken at Stelling Minnis

Windmills - Bruges, Belgium

The first windmills were built in Vejer at the start of the 19th Century however the strong easterly winds made the operation of these mills impossible. A new style of windmill was then built – the Carthaginian – which had a more robust shape than the original efforts and was better able to resist the strong gusts of wind. This is one of four restored examples of the windmills built in the 1860’s.

The ship arrived for a day-excursion at the island of Rhodes. We spent a nice time hiking through the old city and around the harbor.

One of the restored windmills on the embankments of the harbor.

This has been redone/remixed - you can see it here in my photostream.

The windmills of Mykonos in black & white.

Old town Nesebar

Windmill 'de Hoop'

Gorinchem, the Netherlands

Windmill made using an old bicycle wheel rim, square pipe and sheet metal

Windmill Norfolk UK

Windmall in town famous for cheese near Amsterdam

A windmill in Volendam, Netherlands. I think this is my classic "Holland" shot.

The Yorktown Windmill is a cooperative effort between the Yorktown Foundation, the County of York and the Colonial National Historical Park to reconstruct William Buckner's 1711 mill in Yorktown, Virginia that was used to grind corn

Shot in North east Beijing, near Yanqing reservoir

The Milky Way shines bright against the dark sky of Texas County, Oklahoma.

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Holgate Mill after restoration, Windmill Rise York.

Tuxford windmill is situated just off the old Great North Road (now the B1164) north of Tuxford. The Windmill Tearoom is adjacent. On the day of my visit there was a stiff breeze blowing and the sails were going round at a fair old rate.

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This windmill is located in Cedar Grove, WI.