Implements used by millers at the last remaining Leiden windmill at the Windmill museum.
Windmills have been used to create power to help drain fields, as much of The Netherlands sits below sea level.
Many in Holland have been used for industrial purposes, to create power for such things a grinding grain, as this windmill was used for.
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A couple of windmills in the farmers fields, originally used for drainage. Most windmills are no longer in use, and there is less than 1000 left in The Netherlands.
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The Leiden Windmill
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The windmill living room
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The windmill kitchen
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A view of Leiden from the windmill
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A view through the windmill wheel
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Internal wheels with teeth all made of oak wood, would turn with the windmill blades moved by the wind, and power the stone wheels below
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Tools used by the miller to make flour
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Carvings outside the Stedelijk Museum
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Along the Leiden canal
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The harbour of Leiden
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Farming in lush, flat Holland
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Another windmill in a town on the train ride back from Leiden
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