July 10, 2021
Steam mill "De Stoom"
In 1777 permission was granted to build a mill in Veessen. The mill was built in 1779. In 1888 a steam mill was built next to the mill, "De Stoom". A gas engine…
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June 23, 2021
Porter's lodge Aloë factory
A steam oil factory would later emerge from the "De Passiebloem" mill and the Roode Molen: De Aloe. In 1970 Golden Wonder Holland emerged from this factory,…
June 15, 2021
Windesheimer Mill
In 1391 the Broeders des Gemenen Levens received permission from the then newly established monastery near Windesheim to build a post mill with free use of the…
April 12, 2021
Kiskunhalas (Magyarország/Hungary) - Summer 2020 - part 3
In this third post in the Kiskunhalas series (here's part 1 and 2) a few bits and pieces: fishes on the pavement, a mill, and a monument for the kuruc rebels.
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bjornroose
March 01, 2021
Orfű (Magyarország/Hungary) - Summer 2020 - part 1
As was the case for Kakasd (see here and here) you'll find close to nothing about Orfű on Wikipedia: it is "a village in Baranya county, Hungary. The settlement…
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bjornroose
Feb. 22, 2021
Mill "De Koe", Veere
De Koe is a flour mill on the Warwijcksestraat on the edge of Veere. It is a round, brick-built tower mill from 1909 and whitewashed in the Zeeland tradition.…
Feb. 21, 2021
Mill "De Hoop", Heerde
Mill De Hoop is a water mill on the Griftse Beek near Heerde in the Dutch Gelderland. It is an overhead mill that is decorated as a flour mill. The current mill…
Oct. 24, 2020
Clouds equal contrast, rain makes waterfalls
As I came to the end of my trip to West Virginia I was worried that the weather would ruin my chance for photos. It turned out to be the opposite. The contrast…
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glargent
Aug. 05, 2020
Trencherfield Mill
The cotton mills form an important part of the industrial landscape of many of the northern towns of England and Wigan is no different from those towns. One of…
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martinholden
March 26, 2020
Croatian Diary - August 4: Čakovec - Zabnik - part 2
From Čakovec we drive to Zabnik, a very small village on the Mur (yes, the same river that runs through Graz - see this post), where it forms the border between…
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bjornroose
May 24, 2019
Inside a mill
Have you ever been inside a mill before? I haven't, at least until recently. While on a afternoon trip out of city with friends, we stopped for dinner in a…
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piotrm
April 20, 2019
Kaprijke (Flanders)
Kaprijke is a village in the Flemish province Oost-Vlaanderen (East-Flanders) that used to be more of a city. During the 14th and 15th century it flourished…
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bjornroose
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