Avondale87
Tasmania
Beautiful to see these. Very nice.
I assume they're working ones. What's their use?
I assume they're working ones. What's their use?
Windmills
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Mike Wingate
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Pumping water from fields into the canal.
Petrochemist
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Where those at Kiderdijke, Mike? It's the only place I've seen so many arrayed together.
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Avondale87
Tasmania
Fascinating and beautiful. Appreciate your posting
Very nice
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Mike Wingate
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Yes, sorry for the late reply. 2nd trip there. This time by boat rather than by land, well muddy track. They are modernising the area a little.
Petrochemist
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I've been several times over the years as my father used to keep his boat in Holland, making the area a standard holiday destination till ~5 years ago.
Never been able to travel the canals by the windmills which could be interesting - I hope the modernisation doesn't end up ruining the atmosphere...
Mike Wingate
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They have opened a large workshop full of pumps and info.
The Callington Mill in Oatlands, Tasmania is a working Georgian windmill built in 1837. It was restored to its former glory in 2010. The mill is the only working example of its type in the southern hemisphere and produces quality flours.
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I went there last saturday. It didnt look modern at all.
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Avondale87
Tasmania
It surely does.
Here's a bit of guff about it. Below
Unfortunately, though it was a government funded project, it once more fell on hard times.
Latest 'saviour' is turning it into a distillery. Not sure I'm on that bandwagon.
But whiskey is probably more in flavour than flour!
It is a very beautiful structure as shown in the excellent photos above.
Callington Mill was built in 1837. Here is the story behind this iconic structure…
John Vincent was born in 1779 in Cornwall, England. In 1803 he married in London Susannah Rivers who was the same age. Over the next twenty years the couple had seven children while they were living in England. In 1823 at the age of 44, they decided to move to Tasmania. They immigrated with their children on the ship Elizabeth which arrived in Hobart in 1823. After they came to Tasmania they had two more children.
Over the next decade John became the proprietor of two licenced hotels, one in Bothwell called the Norwood Inn and one at Spring Hill called the London. His eldest son John Jubilee Vincent was also an innkeeper and ran the Lake Frederick Inn (later Lake Dulverton Inn) at Oatlands[2]. This hotel still stands today.
In about 1836, at the age of 57, John decided to build the flour windmill at Oatlands. He used the best technology available in this project. It seems that he was very proud of this investment and he announced its opening in the newspaper in 1837. However, his interest in the mill was short-lived and the following year he tried to rent it. He advertised it in the newspaper giving a good description of the mill and its surrounds, it said:
“The Callington Mill, in the township of Oatlands, considered one of the first rate windmills in the country, and surpassed by none in its situation for business. Fitted up with two pair of good stones, (French burrs,) dressing and smut machines ; together with a very respectable dwelling house, attached to which is a counting house and small store, washhouse and servants' bedroom. On the premises is a good granary, stable, chaise and cart houses, with piggeries and fowl house, and about two acres of garden ground in cultivation.
Also, to be let with the above are six Cottages, all occupied, and paying good rents. Application to be made to Mr. John Vincent, the proprietor.”
Here's a bit of guff about it. Below
Unfortunately, though it was a government funded project, it once more fell on hard times.
Latest 'saviour' is turning it into a distillery. Not sure I'm on that bandwagon.
But whiskey is probably more in flavour than flour!
It is a very beautiful structure as shown in the excellent photos above.
Callington Mill was built in 1837. Here is the story behind this iconic structure…
John Vincent was born in 1779 in Cornwall, England. In 1803 he married in London Susannah Rivers who was the same age. Over the next twenty years the couple had seven children while they were living in England. In 1823 at the age of 44, they decided to move to Tasmania. They immigrated with their children on the ship Elizabeth which arrived in Hobart in 1823. After they came to Tasmania they had two more children.
Over the next decade John became the proprietor of two licenced hotels, one in Bothwell called the Norwood Inn and one at Spring Hill called the London. His eldest son John Jubilee Vincent was also an innkeeper and ran the Lake Frederick Inn (later Lake Dulverton Inn) at Oatlands[2]. This hotel still stands today.
In about 1836, at the age of 57, John decided to build the flour windmill at Oatlands. He used the best technology available in this project. It seems that he was very proud of this investment and he announced its opening in the newspaper in 1837. However, his interest in the mill was short-lived and the following year he tried to rent it. He advertised it in the newspaper giving a good description of the mill and its surrounds, it said:
“The Callington Mill, in the township of Oatlands, considered one of the first rate windmills in the country, and surpassed by none in its situation for business. Fitted up with two pair of good stones, (French burrs,) dressing and smut machines ; together with a very respectable dwelling house, attached to which is a counting house and small store, washhouse and servants' bedroom. On the premises is a good granary, stable, chaise and cart houses, with piggeries and fowl house, and about two acres of garden ground in cultivation.
Also, to be let with the above are six Cottages, all occupied, and paying good rents. Application to be made to Mr. John Vincent, the proprietor.”
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