Windmill Farm at Croahan Hill above Lifford
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| Summary: | The Windmill in these few photos stands in the yard of a farm about a mile from the centre of Lifford, Co. Donegal. It is an exact replica of a Dutch windmill. It was built in 1877 by Chares Robinson who had studied the design in Holland. He admitted that he should really have built it in the valley because weights had to be attached to slow it down in high winds. The old people in the area said if it went down three times in the wind it would never turn again. Farmers for miles around brought their grain to be ground. The blades have gone (and probably the interior parts) but it is still a famous local landmark. More notes taken from "A Local History of Lifford", published about twelve years ago by the Lifford Guild, I.C.A.). |
| In collection: | Our Own Place Photographic Project |
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| Language: | English |
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28 Dec 1993
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| Notes: | Project sponsored by RTÉ and Fuji Photo Film (Ireland) Ltd. Film number: U21 ; frame number: 31 Donegal Historical Society Photograph taken at 14:00, 01 Jan 2012. Physical description: 1 photograph ; 15 x 10cm. Geographic Coverage: Lifford, Co. Donegal, Province of Ulster, Ireland. more |
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