Historic Windmills, Rotterdam: One of the area's many historic windmills

Date

Circa 1910

Location

Architecture Library, Hesburgh Libraries

There are many historic and operational windmills around Rotterdam. Declared as a UNESCO world heritage site in 1997, Kinderdijk lies in the east of Rotterdam and its name in Dutch means a "Child's Dike". Built in the seventeenth century, Kinderdijk alone contains 19 historic windmills. Built mostly behind dikes, large parts of the Rotterdam are below sea level.

Creator

G. Massiot & cie

Date

Circa 1910

Material Type

photographs

Link to source

https://curate.nd.edu/show/sf268339k99

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