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List Of Windmills In Utrecht ...
A list of windmills in the Dutch province of Utrecht. {{Dutch Windmills Utrecht Utrecht ( , , ) is the fourth-largest city and a municipality of the Netherlands, capital and most populous city of the province of Utrecht. It is located in the eastern corner of the Randstad conurbation, in the very centre of mainland Nethe ... [...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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Post Mill
The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. Its defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. All post mills have an arm projecting from them on the side opposite the sails and reaching down to near ground level. With some, as at Saxtead Green, the arm carries a fantail to turn the mill automatically. With the others the arm serves to rotate the mill into the wind by hand. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have been built in the 12th century. The earliest working post mill in England still used today is to be found at Outwood, Surrey. It was built in 1665. The earliest remaining example of a non-operational mill can be found in Great Gransden in Cambridgeshire, built in 1612.Windmills in Huntingdon and Peterborough. p. 3. Their design and usage peaked in the 18th and 19th centuries and then declined after the intr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
't Wissel, Elst
In the Dutch language, the word t () is a contraction of the article "het", meaning "the". 't can be found as a ''tussenvoegsel'', a word that is positioned between a person's first and last name. Careful writers should use an apostrophe The apostrophe ( or ) is a punctuation mark, and sometimes a diacritical mark, in languages that use the Latin alphabet and some other alphabets. In English, the apostrophe is used for two basic purposes: * The marking of the omission of one o ... () in front of the ''t'' – and not confuse it with a left quotation mark (). Examples * Dirk van 't Klooster * Evert-Jan 't Hoen * Gerard 't Hooft * Haas Visser 't Hooft * in 't Veld (surname) ** Bart Spring in 't Veld ** Sophie in 't Veld * Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff * John van 't Schip * Maarten 't Hart * Tom van 't Hek * Van 't Hof (surname) * Van 't Wout (surname) * Willem Visser 't Hooft * Youp van 't Hek See also * Definite article reduction, a similar contraction in some dialects of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elst (Utrecht)
Elst is a village in the central Netherlands. It is located in the municipality of Rhenen, Utrecht, about 5 km southwest of Veenendaal. Until 1 January 2006, the western tip of the village was in the municipality of Amerongen. The village was first mentioned in 1448 as "op Elscher maelstat", and means "place where alder trees grow". Elst developed into a settlement on the southern flank of a hill and became a linear settlement along the Utrecht-Arnhem road. In 1819, a little church was built. The economy during the 19th century was mainly based on the growth of tobacco plants. In 1840, Elst was home to 631 people. The grist mill 't Wissel was built in 1855. The wind mill was in operation until 1930. Between 1980 and 1981, it was restored and functioned for several bakeries, but ran into technical difficulties. In 2005, it was repaired and occasionally produces fodder Fodder (), also called provender (), is any agricultural foodstuff used specifically to feed domesticate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oog In 't Zeil, Cothen
Oog is a town in the Sool region of Somaliland, situated in the Aynaba district. It is located between Aynaba and Las Anod. Overview Oog acts as the junction of the road connecting the regional capitals of Burao and Erigavo. Oog is situated on Somaliland's main road connecting towns and cities like Borama, Hargeisa, Berbera and Burao to Somalia. Oog is located from Burao, from Las Anod, and from Erigavo. north of Oog is the nearby town of Badweyn, home to a substantial mosque and a multiple-trunked tree that stands alongside the main road. South of Oog, in the Haud, the rare collared lark can be found as well as the native dibatag antelope. Oog is home to a Somaliland National Army base. History On 2 February 1991, the SNM SNM may refer to: *Sacred Name Movement *San Marino, UNDP country code *Sant Nirankari Mission *Scottish National Movement * Slovak National Museum *Somali National Movement *Special nuclear material Special nuclear material (SNM) is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cothen
Cothen is a village in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is a part of the municipality of Wijk bij Duurstede, and lies about southeast of Houten. The skyline of Cothen is characterized by a church and a windmill called ''Oog In 't Zeil''. History The village was first mentioned in the 12th century Coten, and means "little house/farm". Cothen developed into a stretched out ''esdorp'' along the Kromme Rijn. was located on the other side of the river. The tower of the castle dates from the 14th century. The current building dates from 1873. The oldest parts of the Dutch Reformed Church are from the 13th century. The church burned down in 1673, and was rebuilt in 1735 and extended in 1890. In 1840, Cothen was home to 665 people. The grist mill A gristmill (also: grist mill, corn mill, flour mill, feed mill or feedmill) grinds cereal grain into flour and Wheat middlings, middlings. The term can refer to either the Mill (grinding), grinding mechanism or the building that holds it. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cabauw
Cabauw is a village in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is part of the municipality of Lopik, and lies about 12 km southwest of IJsselstein. Cabauw consists of a small village centre, and a ribbon of farms along the Lopikerwetering canal, between Zevender and Lopik. Cabauw used to be a separate municipality. In 1857, it became a part of the municipality of Willige Langerak, which in its turn was merged into Lopik in 1943. Cabauw is and has long been a catholic enclave An enclave is a territory (or a small territory apart of a larger one) that is entirely surrounded by the territory of one other state or entity. Enclaves may also exist within territorial waters. ''Enclave'' is sometimes used improperly to deno ... within a predominantly Protestant region. History It was first mentioned in 1254 as inden Cabbau, and means dispute. The reason why the land was disputed is unknown. Cabauw is a linear settlement which started as a peat excavation concession. In 184 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
De Hoop (Bunschoten) 4
De Hoop (English ''The Hope'') is a name used for mills in Belgium and the Netherlands. Windmills * De Hoop, Abbenbroek, a windmill in South Holland, Netherlands * De Hoop, Almelo, a windmill in Overijssel, Netherlands *De Hoop, Arnhem (1846), a windmill in Gelderland, Netherlands *De Hoop, Arnhem (1849), a windmill in Gelderland, Netherlands *De Hoop, Bavel, a windmill in North Brabant, Netherlands * De Hoop, Bunschoten, a windmill in Utrecht, Netherlands *De Hoop, Culemborg, a windmill in Gelderland, Netherlands * De Hoop, Den Hout, a windmill in North Brabant, Netherlands * De Hoop, Den Oever, a windmill in North Holland, Netherlands *De Hoop, Dokkum, a windmill in Friesland, Netherlands * De Hoop, Elden, a windmill in Gelderland, Netherlands * De Hoop, Elen, a windmill in Limburg, Belgium * De Hoop, Elspeet, a windmill in Gelderland, Netherlands * De Hoop, Garderen, a windmill in Gelderland, Netherlands * De Hoop, Garsthuizen, a windmill in Groningen, Netherlands * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tower Mill
A tower mill is a type of vertical windmill consisting of a brick or stone tower, on which sits a wooden 'cap' or roof, which can rotate to bring the sails into the wind.Medieval science, technology, and medicine: an encyclopedia (2005), 520 This rotating cap on a firm masonry base gave tower mills great advantages over earlier post mills, as they could stand much higher, bear larger sails, and thus afford greater reach into the wind. Windmills in general had been known to civilization for centuries, but the tower mill represented an improvement on traditional western-style windmills. The tower mill was an important source of power for Europe for nearly 600 years from 1300 to 1900, contributing to 25 percent of the industrial power of all wind machines before the advent of the steam engine and coal power. It represented a modification or a demonstration of improving and adapting technology that had been known by humans for ages. Although these types of mills were effec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
