Here we have a newly acquired old picture postcard. This photographic postcard is of a mill in Gheluwe, in the Flanders region of Belgium. See also our section on Windmills in Old Pictures.
An old picture postcard of a windmill in Gheluwe, Flanders, Belgium. This was posted in 1912 to Posen, Germany.
Latest arrival: an old postcard of the mill in Mark Cross, Sussex.
See also our section on England’s windmills on old picture postcards.
A vintage postcard of the old windmill, Wendover, Buckinghamshire, England.
An old 1906 picture postcard of the Old Mill, Wendover, Bucks.
Check out our main section on old photographs of windmills in England.
Another from our collection of old photographs with windmills somewhere in the image.
A wonderful old postcard of a mill and country scene in Loiret, France, c.1902.
Click image to see a giant wallpaper-size enlargement of this French windmill postcard.
A 1930s vintage multiview postcard from the twon of Brokdorf in Germany.
An old postcard showing a windmill in Brokdorf an der Elbe (on the river Elbe) in Germany.
More German Mills on old postcards.
A French windmill and a postman on a dog cart!
An old postcard featuring a mill in France and a postman being pulled along in a cart by a dog.
More French windmills in old photographs and on old picture postcards.
Another windmill-related item in our collection!
This is a model windmill made by Ernst Plank of Germany in the early 1900s. These models were once popular toys and were designed to be powered by a miniature stationary steam engine such as those made by Mamod, Doll, Bowman, Sel, Meccano, Stuart Turner, Fleischmann and Wilesco.
Many full-sized mills, originally wind-powered, were converted to steam engine driven mills at the end of the 19th century. The mill in High Ham is just one example of a windmill, which was converted to steam in the final years of its active life.
Come back soon to see a film of this mill being worked by our own working steam engine!
This website is about mills, mostly wind-powered mills!
Our primary focus will initially be on English windmills, but, our website will expand over time to include pictures of and information on many other mills around the world. As we are based in the wonderful county of Somerset in south-west England, we also include up-to-date details of local windmills open to the public, such as the tower mills in Chapel Allerton and High Ham. We will add newly scanned images from our picture archive to the site monthly or more often if time allows. In the near future our site should include almost everything you may wish to know about windmills. Come back soon for another look.