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Dutch Drainage Windmill System
The Dutch drainage windmill system used wind power to drive waterwheels or Archimedes screws, pumping lowland water into rivers or sea canals, and wa…
Timeline
- 1600–1640North Holland and Zeeland · NetherlandsIn the early 17th century the Netherlands developed tower mills dedicated to drainage, driving chain pumps via cam mechanisms, able to steadily keep polder water levels below those of surrounding rivers.
- 1641–1650Dutch Republic polders · South HollandDuring the Dutch Golden Age of the 1640s, windmill drainage systems were expanded on a large scale, combined with water board management and sea dike engineering, supporting newly added farmland and urban development.
Sources
- Windmill — Drainage and land reclamation https://www.britannica.com/technology/windmill