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213:a wildfire
128:Tower mill
101:Year built
68:18°27′58″E
65:33°57′08″S
1503:Australia
1406:Caribbean
1345:Groningen
1335:Friesland
1312:Thuringia
1204:Finistère
1046:Wiltshire
994:windpumps
548:TimesLIVE
367:Groningen
230:Cape Town
205:Cape Town
189:Afrikaans
168:cast iron
163:Windshaft
118:Corn mill
48:Mill name
1476:New York
1466:Illinois
1442:Northern
1423:Barbados
1244:Morbiham
1096:Portugal
1084:Southern
1016:Somerset
939:Cornwall
904:Anglesey
894:Scotland
867:Guernsey
850:Northern
528:18 April
506:18 April
269:R245,000
197:windmill
178:Tailpole
170:poll end
145:of sails
1496:Oceania
1418:Antigua
1399:America
1380:Zeeland
1375:Utrecht
1350:Limburg
1330:Drenthe
1274:Germany
1209:Gironde
1146:Limburg
1141:Hainaut
1126:Antwerp
1118:Belgium
1110:Western
1026:Suffolk
989:Norfolk
916:England
862:Estonia
857:Denmark
829:Eastern
705:Sources
692:26 June
604:26 June
573:9 March
483:26 June
461:26 June
439:26 June
322:Mostert
223:History
201:Mowbray
175:Winding
134:Storeys
114:Purpose
1454:Quebec
1449:Canada
1302:Saxony
1264:Vendée
1239:Manche
1166:France
1031:Surrey
884:Jersey
841:Poland
822:Europe
813:Israel
790:Africa
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337:thatch
326:s Mill
276:a fire
256:, and
43:Origin
1428:Nevis
1413:Aruba
1397:North
1259:Somme
1151:Namur
1101:Spain
1091:Malta
1064:South
1059:North
954:Essex
944:Devon
899:Wales
363:Leens
354:iroko
324:'
258:flour
137:Three
1249:Nord
1189:Cher
1174:Aude
1069:West
1054:East
969:Kent
877:Down
806:Asia
717:ISBN
694:2011
606:2011
575:2023
530:2021
508:2021
485:2011
463:2011
441:2011
346:teak
148:Four
124:Type
104:1796
199:in
143:No.
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