Dutch Windmill Small

Dutch started building windmills as early as 1,200 AD. to use them grinding grains. In the 19th century, there were more than 9,000 windmills in the Netherland. However, there are only around 1,200 still exist nowadays since fewer and fewer windmills are being used and maintained.

In the past, ancient people build windmills to take advantage of the change and generate power. However, due to the special geographical features of the Netherland, Dutch people built windmills to pump water out of the lowlands and back into the rivers beyond the dikes to deal with flooding issues. In addition to those, windmills have been also used to power many other industrial processes, including paper mills, threshing mills, and to process oil seeds, wool, paints, and stone products.