Windpower Collection

Mills (in Yalutorovsk district of Tobolsk Province), 1912. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Mills (in Yalutorovsk district of Tobolsk Province), 1912. People at Work: Windmills in Ialutorovsk County. Wooden mills using wind-power to grind wheat

The First Windmill at Jerusalem, 1858. Creator: Unknown
The First Windmill at Jerusalem, 1858. Sir Moses Montefiore has caused to be erected at the foot of Mount Zion...a windmill for the use of the poorer inhabitants of Jerusalem

Windmills on the Baraba Steppe near Omsk, 1904. Creator: Boris Vasilievich Smirnov
Windmills on the Baraba Steppe near Omsk, 1904. Boris Vasilievich Smirnov (1881-1954) was a Russian artist who in 1904 traveled by prisoner transport from western Russia across Siberia

The Mississippi at New Orleans, 1872. Creator: A. Measom
The Mississippi at New Orleans, 1872. Sailing boats and paddle steamers on the Mississippi River at the port of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Sailing ship and Red Star ocean liner, c1900. Creator: Unknown
Sailing ship and Red Star ocean liner, c1900. Sailors on board a wind-powered vessel, with a steam-powered transatlantic passenger ship passing in the opposite direction

Typical Sydney Harbour Yachting Scenes, c1900. Creator: Unknown
Typical Sydney Harbour Yachting Scenes, c1900. From " 50 Picturesque Photographic Views of Sydney and Surroundings". [Swain & Co. Sydney]

Windmill near Tefia, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands. The windmill has attractive gardens featuring many specioes of plants, palms and cacti

Windmill, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands

Post mill, Great Chishill, Cambridgeshire. The post mill was the earliest type of windmill built in Britain and is the commonest found today

A Dutch Scene, c1908. Artist: The Arc Engraving Co Ltd
A Dutch Scene, c1908. From Penroses Pictorial Annual, Vol. XIV, edited by William Gamble. [A.W. Penrose & Co. Ltd, London, 1908-9]

Harvest Scene, c1814-1859, (1914). Artist: James Stark
Harvest Scene. After a work by James Stark (1794?1859). From The Connoisseur Vol. XXXIX [Otto Limited, London, 1914.]

Canal pres Rotterdam, (Canal Near Rotterdam) c1830-1890 (1924). Artist: Johan Barthold Jongkind
Canal pres Rotterdam, (Canal Near Rotterdam) c1830-1890 (1924). A print from A History of French Etching from the 16th Century to the Present Day, by F L Leipnik, John Lane the Bodley Head Limited

Traditional Dutch scene with windmill, Holland, 1936. Artist: Donald McLeish
Traditional Dutch scene with windmill, Holland, 1936. From Peoples of the World in Pictures, edited by Harold Wheeler, published by Odhams Press Ltd (London, 1936)

Six Swift Windmill, Kingston, near Lewes, Sussex, c1905. The only one of its kind in England, this windmill, also known as Ashcombe Mill, was destroyed in a storm in 1916.. [Shureys Publications]

Dutch windmills, Holland, late 19th century. Artist: John L Stoddard
Dutch windmills, Holland, late 19th century. Photograph from Portfolio of Photographs, of Famous Scenes, Cities and Paintings by John L Stoddard, published by the Werner Company, (Chicago, c1899)

Wind pump, 1678. Artist: Athanasius Kircher
Wind pump, 1678. A print from Mundus subterraneus, by Athanasius Kircher, Amsterdam, 1678. Found in the collection of Jean Claude Carriere

Landscape with Windmill, c1855-1892. Artist: Stanislas Lepine
Landscape with Windmill, c1855-1892. Private collection

Mount Potosi, Bolivia, c1788. In 1545 one of the worlds richest silver deposits was discovered at Mount (Cerro) Potosi in what is now Bolivia

Post mill, Wimbledon Common, near London, c1840. Artist: Castle
Post mill, Wimbledon Common, near London, c1840. This mill has a fantail and a gallery giving access to the sails and external mechanism

Windmills in Holland
Windmills at Schermer Polder, east of Alkmaar in Holland

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