Kalevi windmill

Kalevi windmill is one of only three Dutch windmills on Öland

Sweden 2021 part IV - Windmills on Öland

April 8th 2021
Windmills en masse We might as well begin by admitting that we cheat a little bit this time. Some of the text, which isn't much in the first place, we have simply copied from other blog entries we have written. But we spend much time writing all the other blog entries that we think that once in a while we can allow ourselves to put together one entry where we don't have to write q ... read more

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A military power during the 17th century, Sweden has not participated in any war in almost two centuries. An armed neutrality was preserved in both World Wars. Sweden's long-successful economic formula of a capitalist system interlarded with substant... ... read more

4th July 2021

Rainyb
Lorraine Brecht

What makes them different?

5th July 2021

Ake Och Emma
Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

New technology
The small ones were built using an older kind of technology. They were built small because they were forced to move the entire windmill around to adjust for the wind. Later they learned how to build them so that only the top had to be adjusted. Then the rest of the windmill could be build larger and heavier since it was resting on the ground. /Ake

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