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engine. When the big red copper kettle arrived, it was installed by Rinse Lieve
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installed the first steam engine for garden use at the site of this windmill in 1781, which had an opposite purpose than most Dutch windmills. He wanted to pump water into his estate to grow the unusual plants and trees he had cultivated in the dry sand. Dutch windmills are normally used for pumping
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purchased land in the
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water out of places. He first built a small windmill much like the one standing today. After hearing of power to be had from steam, he wrote to
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steam engine mill was built down the road. In 1850 the
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1774 model of copper kettle steam engine from Leiden, similar to the one that was built in this windmill in 1781.
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