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
De Nieuwe Palmboom 26.7 metres 1781 Heavily damaged by fire in 1901, restored between 1991–1993
De Noord 33.3 metres 44.5 metres 26.6 metres 1803 Tallest windmill in the world
De Vrijheid 26.6 metres 1785
De Drie Koornbloemen 26.6 metres 1770
De Walvisch 26.95 metres 1794, restored after a devastating fire in 1996
De Kameel 2011, rebuild from 1715 which stood a few metres from the place "De Kameel" now occupies
Babbersmolen 16 metres 1710
De Nolet 42.5 metres 55 metres 29.85 metres 2006 Wind turbine built in style of a windmill

External links

sources: http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Kameel_(Schiedam) http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Walvisch