Tower mill
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- A tower mill is a type of vertical windmill consisting of a brick or stone tower, on which sits a wooden ´cap´ or roof, which can rotate to bring the sails into the wind.
This rotating cap on a firm masonry base gave tower mills great advantages over earlier post mills, as they could stand much higher, bear larger sails, and thus afford greater reach into the wind. Windmills in general had been known to civilization for centuries, but the tower mill represented an improvement on traditional western-style windmills. The tower mill was an important source of power for Europe for nearly 600 years from 1300 to 1900, contributing to 25 percent of the industrial power of all wind machines before the advent of the steam engine and coal power.
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Turmwindmühle am Steinbruch Wolfsberg
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Steinbruch Wolfsberg mit Turmwindmühle
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Steinbruch Wolfsberg mit Turmwindmühlenruine
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Blick auf Lüptitz mit Kreiselbrecherkegel
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Turmholländerwindmühle Rodewitz
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Image: Historische Mühle von Sanssouci - CC BY-NC-ND
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