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6215.01.08 Traditional post mill wooden windmill and wind turbines Gettlinge southern Öland Sweden Keywords: Windmills arrived in Sweden from Germany in the 16th century with the earliest on Öland being recorded in 1546 By 1820 there were 1713 of them The post mill type requires that the whole body of the mill is turned to catch the wind The modern wind turbines are located on a farm near Vasterstad Swedish Oland island shore coast coastal wind power alternative energy green pollution free yesteryear industrial heritage farming country countryside rural sail timber one solitary alone old ancient bygone age era history dead skeletal standing electrical generation electricity climate change global warming picturesque scene lgpl
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Photographer: Leslie Garland
Collection: Sweden
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Upload Date: 2005-09-02 09:48:09
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Traditional post mill wooden windmill and wind turbines Gettlinge southern

Öland Sweden
Keywords: Windmills arrived in Sweden from Germany in the 16th century with the earliest on Öland being recorded in 1546 By 1820 there were 1713 of them The post mill type requires that the whole body of the mill is turned to catch the wind The modern wind turbines are located on a farm near Vasterstad Swedish Oland island shore coast coastal wind power alternative energy green pollution free yesteryear industrial heritage farming country countryside rural sail timber one solitary alone old ancient bygone age era history dead skeletal standing electrical generation electricity climate change global warming picturesque scene lgpl