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Cherbourg

Gatteville-Le-Phare

Windmill

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Gatteville-Le-Phare

Windmill

Windmill

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    June 29, 2024

    Nowadays, they are hardly ever used for their original purpose, but are merely technical and historical monuments to a long tradition of craftsmanship: the heavy millstones inside were moved using the power of the wind as the driving force, for example to grind grain into flour (so-called grain mills) or to press oil from fruits (e.g. olives) (so-called oil mills). These old windmills are therefore the best proof that people were clever enough to harness the power of the wind a number of centuries ago - long before the discovery of electricity and the inventions that followed.

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