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Vivian Van Damm (28 June 1889 – 14 December 1960) was a prominent British theatre impresario from 1932 until 1960, managing the Windmill Theatre in London's Great Windmill Street. The theatre was famed for its pioneering tableaux vivants of motionless female nudity, and for its reputation of having 'never closed' during the Blitz .
It was historically used to grind flour and animal feeds, and in 1927 the milling wheels were adapted to run via a diesel engine, not reliant upon the variable nature of the wind. The mill was finally closed in 1948, after the last miller John Hammond died. [2] [3] The windmill is a grade II Star listed building and a scheduled monument. It is ...
The windmills at Kinderdijk in the village of Kinderdijk, Netherlands is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. A windmill is a structure that converts wind power into rotational energy using vanes called sails or blades, by tradition specifically to mill grain (), but in some parts of the English-speaking world, the term has also been extended to encompass windpumps, wind turbines, and other applications.
The house's name comes as no surprise after taking one look at its exterior. The turret, shaped like an octagon, used to be a full-on working windmill and served as inspiration for the rest of the ...
The cloth is extended or retracted by a rod and lever system, and connected with a shutter bar on each sail. Adjustment of the roller reefing sail can be made without stopping the mill. This type of sail was popular in Yorkshire, although the only remaining mill with roller reefing sails intact is Ballycopeland Windmill in Northern Ireland.
Windmill World: Elwick: New Mill: Tower: Windmill World: Ferryhill: Dean Bank Mill Broom Mill: Tower: Windmill World: Fulwell: Fulwell Mill: Demolished c. 1821 [28] Fulwell Fulwell Mill: Tower: c. 1821 [28] Windmill World: Gateshead: Windmill Hill Mill Post: 1898 [29] 1898 [29] Gateshead: Windmill Hill (6 mills in addition to that listed above ...
Ovenden's Mill or Mockett's Mill is a grade II* listed [1] tower mill at Polegate, East Sussex, England which has been restored but is now in a poor state and the tower is not open to the public. The impressive milling museum is open but only on certain Open Days. If you look at the "Polegate windmill" Facebook page you will find more details.
A tankhouse (also spelled tank house or tank-house) is a water tower enclosed by siding. Tankhouses were part of a self-contained domestic water system supplying the house and garden, developed before the advent of electricity and municipal water mains. The system consisted of a windmill, a hand-dug well and the tankhouse.