Windmills of the Nederwaard

Kinderkijk Windmills of the Nederwaard. Kinderdijk has nineteen original windmills that the Water Board uses to drain the polder. Overwaard's wooden mills and Nederwaard's brick mills use wind power to move water from the polders to the basins. The vanes (sails) span up to thirty metres. Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout UNESCO World Heritage Site. "The outstanding contribution made by the people of the Netherlands to the technology of handling water is admirably demonstrated by the installations in the Kinderdijk-Elshout area. Construction of hydraulic works for the drainage of land for agriculture and settlement began in the Middle Ages and have continued uninterruptedly to the present day. The site illustrates all the typical features associated with this technology – dykes, reservoirs, pumping stations, administrative buildings and a series of beautifully preserved windmills". DSC_0481p1