windmills at Zaanse Schans

Zaanse Schans

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September 22nd 2009
Today we went to Zaanse Schans. Zaanse Schans is the home of windmills. It once had as many as 700! We found out that there are lots of different sorts of windmills eg: mustard, oil, saw and water. Today we decided to go to the saw mill. In this mill the wind powers lots of different gears which move the saw up and down and the log across. It could take up to one hour to saw through one log, de ... read more

Europe » Netherlands

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The Kingdom of the Netherlands was formed in 1815. In 1830 Belgium seceded and formed a separate kingdom. The Netherlands remained neutral in World War I, but suffered invasion and occupation by Germany in World War II. A modern, industrialized natio... ... read more