CLEAN FACTS. On windmills

 

People who build, design or repair windmills are called millwrights .

Modern windmills are mostly used to convert wind energy into electricity . The entire industry for managing electric windmill turbines has grown in popularity in the late 20th century .

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earliest mills were made not only to process grain , but also route water from flooded areas or pump water from the depths to water farms . Dutch mills were famous for that use.

The Netherlands celebrates National Windmill Day every second Saturday of May. It decorates all its windmills — about 1,200 remain of the 10,000 it once had — and throws them open to visitors .

Before we had steam-powered machines, windmills were used to manufacture gin, paper, paint, oil and more.