Photos tagged as windmill

typical dutch

riding a bike

• Date: 2 April 2009
• Photographer: nursewendy: gallery
• Location: Kinderdijk, Netherlands
• Tags: windmill holland kinderdijk
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Windmills

The controversial windmills in Wellington. Are they worth the ugliness on the landscape.

• Date: 2 March 2009
• Photographer: Dodger: gallery
• Location: Wellington, New Zealand
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windmill 2

These windmill have just gone online in the national grid. they currently produce enough power for 17,000 homes, when the field is fully operational they say they will produce enough power for 70,000 homes. Some people are complaining about the spoiling affects on the countryside and question the power figures.

• Date: 2 March 2009
• Photographer: Dodger: gallery
• Location: Wellington, New Zealand
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Australia

• Date: 23 December 2008
• Photographer: dyakhnov: gallery
• Location: Sandy Point, Australia
• Tags: landscape windmill farm
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IMG_0875

• Date: 16 November 2008
• Photographer: shanmoore: gallery
• Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
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CNE Windmill and Sun

• Date: 11 October 2008
• Photographer: GregW: gallery
• Location: Toronto, Canada
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Oia Windmill

This is one of the windmills at Oia, a village at the top of Santorini island

• Date: 4 September 2008
• Photographer: RBruceW: gallery
• Location: Greece
• Tags: architecture traditional white island windmill santorini greek mediterranean oia agean cyclades cubist
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How a windmill works: 101

This diagram (in Dutch) gives a rough explanation of how most Netherlands windmills work - they use a type of screw to pull or push water along a canal, and help to keep the sea water at a certain level (to avoid flooding farmlands). Very clever!

• Date: 15 May 2008
• Photographer: lici3: gallery
• Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
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A real windmill

This water-pumping windmill near Volendam was still in use (though not working this particular day)

• Date: 15 May 2008
• Photographer: lici3: gallery
• Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Windmills

• Date: 1 December 2007
• Photographer: jadeyroo: gallery
• Location: Philippines
• Tags: ocean windmill ilocos
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Day 55 - Eastham Windmill, 1680

This is the oldest surviving windmill on Cape Cod

• Date: 26 October 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Boston, USA
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Windmill

It was a very foggy bike ride when I saw this view through the branches, near Pickering, Ontario

• Date: 18 July 2007
• Photographer: karen61: gallery
• Location: Pickering, Canada
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Windmill-Veere

• Date: March 2007
• Photographer: Jennifer G: gallery
• Location: Netherlands
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Middleburg

• Date: 2007
• Photographer: Jennifer G: gallery
• Location: Netherlands
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WIndmill-Veere

• Date: 2007
• Photographer: Jennifer G: gallery
• Location: Netherlands
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Norfolk Windmill

Norfolk is rural and has a long history of farming. The signs are everywhere including this beautiful windmill.

• Date: 2005
• Photographer: jasonborth: gallery
• Location: United Kingdom
• Tags: norfolk beautiful countryside windmill rural
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