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Smock Windmill
The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded, thatched, or shingled tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind. This type of windmill got its name from its resemblance to smocks worn by farmers in an earlier period. Construction Smock mills differ from tower mills, which are usually cylindrical rather than hexagonal or octagonal, and built from brick or stone masonry instead of timber. The majority of smock mills are octagonal in plan, with a lesser number hexagonal, such as Killick's Mill, Meopham. A very small number of smock mills were decagonal or dodecagonal in plan, an example of the latter being at Wicken, Cambridgeshire. Distribution Smock mills exist in Europe and particularly in England, where they were common, particularly in the county of Kent, where the tallest surviving smock mill in the United Kingdom, Union Mill, can be found at Cranbr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DK Fanoe Windmill01
DK (or variants) may refer to: In arts and entertainment Film and television * ''DK'' (film), a 2015 Indian film * Derek "DK" Kitson, a character in the television series ''Third Watch'', played by Derek Kelly * Dark Kingdom (professional wrestling), a professional wrestling stable * Discovery Kids Music * DK (band), a Soviet rock band * DK (singer), South Korean singer and member of Seventeen * Deekay, a music production team * Danity Kane, an American female music group * Darren Knott, British disc jockey and record producer * Dave Koz, American saxophonist * Dead Kennedys, American punk band Other media * Diels–Kranz numbering, a standard system for referencing the works of the pre-Socratic philosophers * Donkey Kong (character), a video game character * Diddy Kong, a video game character * Dixie Kong, a video game character * DistroKid, an American independent digital music service Businesses and organizations * DK (publisher) (Dorling Kindersley), an internatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
England
England is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it covers about 62%, and List of islands of England, more than 100 smaller adjacent islands. It shares Anglo-Scottish border, a land border with Scotland to the north and England–Wales border, another land border with Wales to the west, and is otherwise surrounded by the North Sea to the east, the English Channel to the south, the Celtic Sea to the south-west, and the Irish Sea to the west. Continental Europe lies to the south-east, and Ireland to the west. At the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 census, the population was 56,490,048. London is both List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, the largest city and the Capital city, capital. The area now called England was first inhabited by modern humans during the Upper Paleolithic. It takes its name from the Angles (tribe), Angles, a Germanic peoples, Germanic tribe who settled du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southampton/Shinnecock (Cottage) Windmill
The Shinnecock Windmill is a windmill currently located on the Stony Brook Southampton campus in Southampton, New York, Southampton, Suffolk County, New York. Originally located on Mill Hill at Windmill Lane and Hill Street in Southampton, in 1890, it was relocated to Shinnecock Hills, New York, Shinnecock Hills. The land became the campus of Southampton College in 1963, now Stony Brook Southampton. The Shinnecock Indian Nation, Shinnecocks claim the land from Mill Hill to Shinnecock Hills Golf Club as land ceded to them by treaty. History Windmill Lane Mill I on Mill hill in Southampton was a Dutch-style mill built in 1714. Various mills began on the site and were either burnt (lightening or flour dust cited in many cases) or moved due to ownership or windage changes. The first mill was established in 1712, it was replaced by Mill I. In 1890, Mrs. William (Janet) Hoyt, a patron of the Shinnecock Hills Summer School of Art in Southampton, upon finding it neglected purchased and sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
