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The Netherlands is so closely associated with windmills, that it's often the first fact people recall about the country. The Dutch built windmills for many centuries. The mills were developed for corn milling, land drainage, saw milling, and in fact all manner of industrial purposes.
In the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries were approximately 10,000 functional windmills in use in the Netherlands. Many mills were demolished after the arrival of electricity. About 1100 mills are throughout the Netherlands still standing and complete workable. They are preserved as important cultural and historic sites and are very popular tourist destinations. A number of characteristic mills was rebuilt in the Nederlands Openluchtmuseum (Dutch Open Air Museum).
The first mill is a Poldermill or Drainage windmill for draining polders in Noordlaren (Province of Groningen), built in 1862, relocated in the Dutch Open Air Museum in 1960. It uses an Archimedean screw to force up water. This is a screw-shaped device that is able to raise water by two metres.
The mill in the background, a Wind-driven Sawmill, a paltrok or postmill used as a sawmill, is from Numansdorp (Province of South Holland), built around 1680, relocated in the Museum in 1928.
This sawmill is a large sawing machine, a mill for the production of planks and poles, etc.
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Nederland is nauw verbonden met windmolens. Wij bouwen al eeuwen molens voor allerlei industriële doeleinden: korenmolens, drainagemolens, zaagmolens, enz.
In de 17e, 18e en 19e eeuw waren ongeveer 10.000 windmolens in gebruik. Veel molens werden gesloopt na de komst van de elektrische energie. Nu staan er nog circa 1100 over heel Nederland verspreid. Het merendeel werkt zelfs nog. Ze worden in tact gehouden als belangrijke culturele en historische bezienswaardigheden, en zijn populaire toeristische attracties. Een aantal karakteristieke molens is gered door ze te herbouwen in het Nederlands Openluchtmuseum. Op het 44 hectare grote museumterrein zijn alle in Nederland voorkomende soorten windmolens te bezichtigen.
De eerste molen op de foto is een poldermolen voor het voor het droogmalen van de polder bij Noordlaren (provincie Groningen). De molen is oorspronkelijk uit 1862 en verhuisde in 1960 naar het Nederlands Openluchtmuseum.
De molen op de achtergrond, een houtzaagmolen, een paltrokmolen die werd gebruikt om boomstammen tot planken en palen te zagen. Deze molen is rond 1680 gebouwd in Numansdorp, in 1854 naar Dubbeldam (Dordrecht) verplaatst en in 1928 verhuisd naar het museum.
Dit is een grote zaagmolen zaagmachine, een molen de productie van planken en palen, etc.
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Halnaker Windmill this evening. I walked the dog up here this evening with my son. I was hoping for a full sunset, but to much cloud on the horizon. But managed to get a nice sunburst shot
This unusual survivor is one of the oldest windmills in Britain. Pitstone windmill ground flour for the village for almost three hundred years until a freak storm in the early 1900s left it damaged beyond economic repair.
This Windmill is at the Avoncroft Museum. There was just enough wind to turn the sails slowly and we were able to climb up the steps and go inside. A very draughty place for the miller to work in, in the winter.
In Explore September 2014.
Thorpeness Windmill is a Grade II listed post mill at Thorpeness Suffolk which was built in 1803 at Aldringham and moved to Thorpeness in 1923. Originally built as a corn mill it was converted to a water pumping mill when it was moved to Thorpeness. It pumped water to the House in the Clouds.
Ashton Windmill
Chapel Allerton
Axbridge
Somerset
This unique 18th century flour mill stands on the "Isle of Wedmore", a ridge giving commanding views of Cheddar Gorge, the Somerset Levels and Brent Knoll. A windmill is mentioned on this site as far back as 1317. Although it last worked in 1927, the mill has been carefully restored.
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