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Most of the mills are part of the village of Kinderdijk in the municipality of Molenlanden, and one mill, De Blokker, is part of the municipality of Alblasserdam. Built in 1738 and 1740, to keep water out of the polder , it is the largest concentration of old windmills in the Netherlands and one of the best-known Dutch tourist sites.
Kinderdijk. Kinderdijk (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌkɪndərˈdɛik]) is a village in the municipality of Molenlanden, in the province of South Holland, Netherlands.It is located about 15 km (9 miles) east of Rotterdam.
It has gained a measure of fame as it is the longest place name found in any English-speaking country, and possibly the longest place name in the world, according to World Atlas. [2] The name of the hill (with 85 characters) has been listed in the Guinness World Records as the longest place name. Other versions of the name, including longer ...
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Saltaire is a Victorian model village near Shipley, West Yorkshire, England, situated between the River Aire, the railway, and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. Salt's Mill and the houses were built by Titus Salt between 1851 and 1871 to allow his workers to live in better conditions than the slums of Bradford.
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The mill was the first Arkwright mill in mainland Europe. [38] The techniques for spinning cotton developed in the Derwent Valley were also spread to America. In 1790, the United States had fewer than 2,000 spindles which were powered by spinning jennies , compared to 2.4 million machine driven spindles in Britain at the same time.