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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 Windmill of Wijk bij Duurstede (c. 1670) is an oil-on-canvas painting by the Dutch painter Jacob van Ruisdael. It is an example of Dutch Golden Age painting and is now in the collection of the Amsterdam Museum , on loan to the Rijksmuseum .
In my opinion it is a much better photo of a windmill than the previous lead image in the windmill article, so I just made it the lead image there as well. This image is already featured on Commons. Articles in which this image appears Kuremaa, Windmill FP category for this image Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Others Creator
Windmill World: North Leverton: Subscription Mill: Tower: 1813 [21] Working windmill open to the public . Windmill World. North Muskham: Post: Standing in 1934 [1] North Muskham Tower: Standing in 1934 [1] North Wheatley: Tower: 1841 [5] Standing in 1934 [1] Norwell: Norwell Mill: Tower: 1852 [22] Windmill World: Nottingham: Early 13th century ...
Brill windmill, a 17th-century post mill in Buckinghamshire. The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. Its defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single central vertical post. The vertical post is supported by four quarter bars. These are struts that steady the central post.
Smock mill with fantail (Sønderho, Fanø, Denmark) Smock mill in Amsterdam Cobstone Windmill, Ibstone, Buckinghamshire. The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded, thatched, or shingled tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into ...
Titt iron wind engine: 1894: Staining: Staining Mill: Tower: Late 18th century [26] Windmill World: St Helens: Ravenhead Mill: Tower: Late 18th century [27] Windmill World: Southport: Tower: Photo [permanent dead link ] Southport Titt wind engine: 1894 [28] Tarleton: Standing in 1916 [20] Thornton Cleveleys: Marsh Mill: Tower: 1794: Windmill ...
De Gooyer is a windmill in Amsterdam located between Funenkade and Zeeburgerstraat. It is the tallest wooden mill in the Netherlands at 26.6 meters high. [1] It is registered as a National Monument.