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Windmill

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  • Location: Gatteville-Le-Phare, Cherbourg, Manche, France

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    July 16, 2018

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    Well preserved windmill, now a private residence, next to a tiny fishing port

    June 29, 2024

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    Nowadays, they are hardly ever used for their original purpose, but are merely technical and historical monuments to a long tradition of craftsmanship: the heavy millstones inside were moved using the power of the wind as the driving force, for example to grind grain into flour (so-called grain mills) or to press oil from fruits (e.g. olives) (so-called oil mills). These old windmills are therefore the best proof that people were clever enough to harness the power of the wind a number of centuries ago - long before the discovery of electricity and the inventions that followed.
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