Neat propeller job. Four blades, wow. Do they fly canvas as well when they really need to spin with it. What do they actually mill, wheat? Or do they pump water with these things in Manitoba.
This is a flour mill located in the Mennonite Heritage Village in Steinbach, Manitoba.
Although it is mainly a tourist attraction, it is a working mill. In the General store of the Village you can purchase freshly milled flour as well as bread made with flour milled in this mill.
This mill does not have canvas sails but takes advantage of the wind with wooden louvres.
As a side note, back home in Holland, during worldwar 2, the resistance fighters used windmills to relay meaasges to each other. The position of the blades and canvass sails all had certain specific meanings that were changed regularly. The mills of which there are many throughout Holland, could be seen from great distance.
The Germans never caught on to this message system.
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