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near to Orrell, Lancashire, Great Britain

Holland Windmill, Upholland

An unusual cylindrical tower mill built in the 1750s on the ridge overlooking what is now Skelmersdale new town by the local engineer and inventor Richard Melling, as a test bed for various innovations he (or his employee, Edmund Lee, who held a related patent) had developed. It had eight sails and may have been the first windmill ever equipped with a fantail to turn the sails into the wind automatically. It was re-equipped a number of times before finally becoming derelict in the 1890s.

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1989

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Grid Square: SD5105, 11 images (more nearby)
Photographer: Gareth Hughes (find more nearby)
Image classification^?: Geograph (Second Visitor for SD5105)
First in 5 Years (TPoint) ^?
Date Taken: 1989 (more nearby)
Submitted: Friday, 31 October, 2008
Category: Windmill > Windmill (more nearby)
Subject Location: OSGB36: SD 512 057 [100m precision]
WGS84: 53:32.7503N 2:44.2581W
Photographer Location: OSGB36: SD 511 057
View Direction: EAST (about 90 degrees)