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The Old Mill is the only survivor of four windmills that were once located along the range of hills on the west side of Nantucket Island. It is a smock type windmill built in 1746 by Nathan Wilbur, a local sailor who had spent time in Holland. Wilbur used oaken beams that had washed ashore from wrecked ships for much of the mill's framework ...
Specifically, around 1675 a first wind-powered sawmill was built on the island of De Kuyper (now Pulu Burung) to support the Onrust Island dockyard that repaired Dutch East India Company ships. By 1685 there were two built in Onrust and around 1705 another was built on the island of Edam (Pulu Damar. [1] Engraving of Onrust (c.1765)
Aptucxet Trading Post Museum Mill [1] Smock: 1971: Windmill World Replica Boston: Copp's Mill 1632: Standing 1659: Boston Copp's Hill Mill Smock: Moved to Salem, 1773: Boston Windmill Point 1636: Boston Windmill Point (2nd mill) 1650: Boston Windmill Point (3rd mill) 1650: 1822: Boston Windmill Point (4th mill) 1650: 1824: Boston
The Windmill Islands were mapped from aerial photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump, 1946–47. So named by the US-ACAN because personnel of Operation Windmill, 1947–48, landed on Holl Island at the southwest end of the group to establish ground control for USN Operation Highjump photographs. The term "Operation Windmill" is a popular ...
This information is gathered from multiple Internet sources, [1] [2] and primarily the 4C Offshore's Global Offshore Wind Farm Map and Database and is current up to July 2015. The name of the Wind Farm is the name used by the Energy Company when referring to the Farm and is usually related to a shoal or the name of the nearest town on shore.
Sears Island, about 117 miles northeast of Portland, is the preferred site for an offshore port facility. Here's why some are against it.
In 1974, a young banker named Mr. Ostergren became the proud owner of the windmill. The previous owner had restored it, transforming the windmill into a charming guesthouse. To provide some extra space, a small two-story wing was added. Nestled 60ft deep in the woods on the Van Dyck farm, the windmill provides a sense of tranquility and seclusion.
De Zwaan is an authentic Dutch windmill in the city of Holland, Michigan. The windmill's name is Dutch for The Swan or Graceful Bird. It is the oldest authentic, working Dutch windmill in the United States. De Zwaan is located in Windmill Island municipal park.