Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Interesting photo, For anyone wondering about how it was turned - Nixey's Mill at Brill was indeed a post mill until around 1940 - then a roundhouse was built around its base, it was also a very popular landmark for Luftwaffe bombers, there are still a lot of bomb craters on the surrounding hill. Here's a website with some pictures of what it used to look like. http://www.ruralhistory.org/interface/public/countryside/landbuild/landbuild_mills.html Douglas Walt Johnson wrote: > Colin: > > Is the pictured windmill over 300 years old? If so, that is amazing. > Nice photograph as well. > > > Walt > > > > > Colin J wrote: > >> Brill Windmill was built in the 1680s and is a >> fine example of a "post mill" used to grind wheat >> and barley. The body of the mill is pivoted on a >> post sunk deep into the ground allowing not just >> the sails to spin but the mill itself to be >> turned to face the wind. >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/brill-windmill/CNV00079 >> >> Leica M7, 24mm f/2.8 Elmarit M ASPH, Kodak >> BW400CN. >> >> As always, all comments will be welcomed. >> >> Thank you for looking. >> >> Colin >> >> >> >> ___________________________________________________________ Win a >> BlackBerry device from O2 with Yahoo!. Enter now. >> http://www.yahoo.co.uk/blackberry >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >