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scarlet
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# Posted: 25 May 08 18:43
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I visited family recently on the island of Nantucket which is about 30 miles off the coast of Massachusetts. While I was there I went to the Nantucket windmill which is still in operation for grinding corn and was built in 1746. The day I went the weather was cold and gray and the mill was not yet working. The blades will be mounted soon, and if I go back to the island during the summer I will try to see the interior of the mill as well.
There are still quite a few windmills on Cape Cod also but not all are working mills. When I was a little girl in South Carolina we often went to watermills to buy cornmeal, but this is only the third windmill I have ever visited (the first two were in the Netherlands).
The mill stands on a hill where it can catch the considerable winds that cross the island.
The blades wait to be mounted for the summer season.
This old millstone has new use as a stepping stone in the yard.
The mill was built in 1746. I don't know if this was a cornerstone or an addition to the site. The carving looks old to me.
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Geoffrey McElwaine
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# Posted: 25 May 08 23:36 - Edited by: Geoffrey McElwaine
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Scarlet. Good topic : I'm sure many members thought that windmills could only be found in the Netherlands. Here is one from Northern Ireland -
This is Ballycopeland Windmill near the small North Down village of Millisle. It is of the tower type with a mobile cap moved by a fantail to keep the sails facing the prevailing wind. The Mill has two entrance doors : a West door allows access should the main East door be blocked by the sails.
County Down has always been one of the best grain-growing areas in Ireland and windmills were, for many years, a prominent feature of the landscape. At one time over 100 windmills were recorded in the County, and although there are several remains left, only this one has survived. It is estimated that Ballycopeland Windmill was built sometime in the 1780s or 90s, appearing on the first Ordnance Survey maps of the area in 1830s. Used to mill flour and animal feed, the Mill was worked by the McGilton family until the 1914-18 War.
It has now been fully restored to its former fully working condition, as has the adjacent Millar's House.
Regards
Geoff. ( Geoffrey McElwaine )
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Miguel_On
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# Posted: 26 May 08 00:13
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Le moulllin de la gallet from Paris
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rezz50
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# Posted: 26 May 08 03:56
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The windmills of America's great plains are actually wind driven water pumps;
many are still providing water for livestock on the grasslands.
 
by Steve L:
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bruha2
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# Posted: 26 May 08 06:38 - Edited by: bruha2
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My family name is 'Miller' so I have a bit of a soft spot for windmills but unfortunately no photos so had a ball in Holland. Auckland, NZ, had a working windmill right in the heart of the city but it was pulled down to make way for a 2nd hand car yard and ulitmately an hotel. I have seen the windmill at Xanton on the Dutch/Germany border and the windmill in Golden Gate Park in SF but the most famous of all must be the Moulin Rouge in Paris.
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Wilfrid
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# Posted: 26 May 08 08:26
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Nice Topic Scarlet,
here are some different dutch windmills
and two examples of windmills in northern Germany
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pansa
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# Posted: 26 May 08 14:43
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And some windmills of mine. Always a nice topic.
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aiso
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# Posted: 26 May 08 19:13
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some of mine...
Den Andel.
Dokkum
Dokkum
aiso.
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Rik Herrygers
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# Posted: 26 May 08 21:01
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Hi Scarlet,
I have two pics off mills :
1. In the Netherlands (for this one you need glasses or enlarge it) :
2. In Spain :
Grtz, Rik
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-flyer-
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# Posted: 26 May 08 22:25
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Hoi Scarlet, here 2 of my millphotos in the Netherlands:
Zaandijk, paintmill 'The cat'
Zaandam, sawmill 'The hero Jozua'
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Lali
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# Posted: 26 May 08 23:24
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There is a lot of windmills in Greece too, but not many of them still in use. The one on the picture is still working and it is a great turist attraction. I was also inside the mill but unfortunately do not have any pics of that very interesting interior.
These mills a quite small, much more smaller than the mills already presented in this wonderful topic.
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W.Z.
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# Posted: 28 May 08 10:23
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Hi all,
my small contribution:
1) The Stone mill in Oelegem
2) An old mill ruin in Crete
3) Silhouettes from the world heritage area of the Beemsterstreek
Kind Regards,
W.Z.
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scarlet
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# Posted: 28 May 08 14:46 - Edited by: scarlet
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Beautiful windmills, everyone. But should I have banned the Dutch??? 
I love those Greek windmills...and the water pumps of middle America, with their own beauty.
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Ruud~
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# Posted: 29 May 08 01:20
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Windmills everywhere!
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scarlet
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# Posted: 29 May 08 01:57
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Magic windmill!!
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Steve L
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# Posted: 29 May 08 04:49
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Two pictures of a Dutch windmill in Pella, Iowa, USA. For more info see
http://www.pellatuliptime.com/historical-village/m ill/
 
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rezz50
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# Posted: 29 May 08 05:23
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Australia's contribution to the world of windmills:
by Fabian Piesker: 
from Jonny G: 
and from marty: 
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DOLO
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# Posted: 16 Jul 08 11:30
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Campo de Criptana (Don Quijote route)
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pansa
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# Posted: 16 Jul 08 11:46
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Malice
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# Posted: 16 Jul 08 13:50
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