Senna3's Fotothing

Majesty construction! Nice historical mill and beautiful shot!

Very nice foto with a very interestingly designed windmill!

Great icon

Thank you abojovna.

Hans, this is a so-called 'standerdmolen'. It is the oldest mill design in the Netherlands.

Thank you Joe. In the Netherlands, there now about 1200 mills left, but a 100 years ago there were more than 10000 mills!

Wonderful shot senna. You will not see many of these in my part of the worlds.

Thank you Seamus. Yes I think that mills are typically Dutch. This year it is the Netherlands "The year of the mill". The government has reserved a lot of money for restauration of mills.

lovely shot!

Great picture of a beautiful mill dear senna3!

Thank you Anna. I am almost done with my mill pictures, at least the ones that I am satisfied with. This one is number 42. I hope to get more this year.

Great symbol of Holland !!!

It sure is Nakolezestodoly. Thank you for visiting and all your kind comments.

Deze is ook heel mooi, Peter!! Ook al heeft ie dan geen 3 verdiepingen...haha

Prachtige foto trouwens!! Mooie heldere dag!! Vandaag helaas niet zo erg... ;-(

Peter, this is another mill I re-visited from the link you gave Don James to answer his question about the "Post Mills". From what I can discern from the original size, the whole upper member can be turned into the wind. Upon close inspections of the masts and sail support lattice, I became curious about the sail lattice. It appears to be made of steel rods? I've always assumed the lattice was made from wood. Can you satisfy my curiosity?

Larry, I consulted the Dutch Mill Database where you can find specifications of all Dutch mills. For this particular one, nothing is said about the material of the sail lattice, but I think you are right, it very much looks like steel.
http://www.molendatabase.nl/nederland/molen.php?nummer=278