The windmill (for corn) in my village dates from 1718 and is in a poor state although restored in 1988. It is no longer in operation. It stands in a funny place in the middle of the road going into the village, so you have to drive around it. Not a place to take a nap as you did.. There are over 1000 windmills in Holland, of course each with plenty of history. History records indicate that the first mill in my village was built in 1318.
Henk > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Shel Belinkoff > Sent: 22 March, 2007 5:06 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: RE: PESO - Windmills of the Mind > > > Hi, > > The Dutch Windmill (as it's affectionately called) was built > in 1902 and was designed to pump irrigation water to a nearby > reservoir. The windmill had fallen into disrepair until funds > were raised and it was restored in 1981. No longer needed for > irrigation, the windmill stands as a remembrance of the past. > Seems to be a similar story where you are. > > When I first saw it, in 1967, not only was I surprised but a > little saddened as well to see that it was in such a poor > state. I remember having walked several miles through the > park (Golden Gate Park) to get the windmill, and was pretty > tired, so I took a nap amongst the tulips. > > Shel > > > > [Original Message] > > From: Henk Terhell > > Thanks. That looks like a Dutch windmill, but appears newly > built. The > > windmills here are old and many got in a poor state because > maintenance > > is expensive. Now the government is subsidizing maintenance. > > That reminds me I have to make some pictures of the windmills in my > > area. > > > > > Nice. It reminds me of some scenes we have right here in > > > San Francisco - http://preview.tinyurl.com/2gp2ov > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
