The use of old Dutch windmills was to pump the water out of the country
Four Dutch windmills against a light blue sky at Kinderdijk, the Netherlands. UNESCO world heritage site. From 1600 the Dutch have been busy with to prevent flooding and drain their land. These mills were build around 1740.
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