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List Of Windmills In Derbyshire
The List of Windmills in Derbyshire is a list of former and extant windmills in the English county of Derbyshire. Locations , post mill, Post , 1808 , 1800 , Advertised for sale 1814, no further trace. , , - , Chesterfield , Club Mill , tower mill, Tower , 18081836 , 1800 , , , - , Clay Cross , Clay Cross Mill , post mill, Post , 1835† , , Standing in 1857. , , - , Clowne , Clown mill , post mill, Post , 17911808183618801887 , 1767 , , , - , Codnor , Codnor Mill , post mill, Post , 1808 , 1801 , Standing in 1834, not on 1836 map. , , - , Creswell, Derbyshire, Creswell , Cresswell Mill , post mill, Post , , 1828 , Standing in 1864. , , - , Crich , Pothouse Mill , , , 1757 , Moved to Four Lanes End in 1764. , , - , Crich , Four Lanes End Mill , Tower Mill, Tower , , 1764 , Burnt out 15 February 1849. , , - , Dale Abbey , Cat and Fiddle Mill, Dale Abbey, Cat and Fiddle Mill , Post mill, Midlands Post , , 178 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Windmill
A windmill is a structure that converts wind power into rotational energy using vanes called sails or blades, specifically to mill grain (gristmills), but the term is also extended to windpumps, wind turbines, and other applications, in some parts of the English speaking world. The term wind engine is sometimes used to describe such devices. Windmills were used throughout the high medieval and early modern periods; the horizontal or panemone windmill first appeared in Persia during the 9th century, and the vertical windmill first appeared in northwestern Europe in the 12th century. Regarded as an icon of Dutch culture, there are approximately 1,000 windmills in the Netherlands today. Forerunners Wind-powered machines may have been known earlier, but there is no clear evidence of windmills before the 9th century. Hero of Alexandria (Heron) in first-century Roman Egypt described what appears to be a wind-driven wheel to power a machine.Dietrich Lohrmann, "Von der östli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
