Windmill, Saint Quentin: Overall view
Date
Circa 1910
Location
Architecture Library, Hesburgh Libraries
This photograph is also owned by the Bibliotheque national de France and can be found online in the Gallica database. Page URL: http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b53003014f/f1 Caption: St Quentin Aisne, le moulin de Tous-vents se trouvait en fait à Gauchy Notes that it was actually located in Gauchy, nearby. The plateau where it was located was in the thick of the warfare both in 1870-1871 (Battle of St. Quentin) and the Battle of the Somme, WWI, when it was destroyed. There is a memorial plaque on the site.
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