List of windmills in Schiedam
For the tallest wind turbine, see Fuhrländer Wind Turbine Laasow.
The Windmills of Schiedam are the tallest windmills in the world. Originally, there were twenty windmills at Schiedam. From these only five survived until today. However, in 2006 a sixth was built, which is however a wind turbine looking like a windmill. A 7th was rebuilt in 2011.
Name | Pinnacle Height | Height to maximum rotor blade tip | Wing Span | Year Built | Coordinates | Picture | Remarks |
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De Nieuwe Palmboom | 26.7 metres | 1781 | 51°55′14.61″N 4°23′55.37″E / 51.9207250°N 4.3987139°E | Heavily damaged by fire in 1901, restored between 1991–1993 | |||
De Noord | 33.3 metres | 44.5 metres | 26.6 metres | 1803 | 51°55′13.81″N 4°23′49.01″E / 51.9205028°N 4.3969472°E | Tallest windmill in the world | |
De Vrijheid | 26.6 metres | 1785 | 51°55′11.09″N 4°23′41.26″E / 51.9197472°N 4.3947944°E | ||||
De Drie Koornbloemen | 26.6 metres | 1770 | 51°55′3.53″N 4°23′33.64″E / 51.9176472°N 4.3926778°E | ||||
De Walvisch | 26.95 metres | 1794, restored after a devastating fire in 1996 | 51°54′56.4″N 4°23′42.59″E / 51.915667°N 4.3951639°E | ||||
De Kameel | 2011, rebuilt from the original mill from 1715, which stood a few metres from the place which "De Kameel" now occupies | 51°55′10″N 4°24′4.17″E / 51.91944°N 4.4011583°E | |||||
Babbersmolen | 16 metres | 1710 | 51°55′2.05″N 4°22′25.56″E / 51.9172361°N 4.3737667°E | ||||
De Nolet | 42.5 metres | 55 metres | 29.85 metres | 2006 | 51°54′27.18″N 4°24′29.61″E / 51.9075500°N 4.4082250°E | Wind turbine built in style of a windmill |
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