Windmills of Porto Santo
Porto Santo is a small Portuguese island about 20 miles from
Maderia , out in the Atlantic Ocean. The island climate is quite dry, but
it has several hills, and a tendency to catch the wind - hence a high number of windmills were built there.
The windmills that remain fall into two main groups - small wooden or tin structures, not much larger than a shed, which
survive in anything from a ruinious state through to excellent condition,
and a coup[le of larger stone built tower mills, one of which has been house converted.
For both types, the symbol of a cockerel is often to be found at the apex of the roof.
In more recent times, the island has also been the site of a wind farm.
Porto Santo
Vila Baleira
(#pt1003)
Bar Moinho Miradouro :
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Conserved wooden mill, retaining sails, on tall random dry stone base.
Base now used as a bar, which also use the body of the mill as storage space.
Vila Baleira, 2005 © Mike Matthews
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(#pt1007)
tower
- Tower mill, house conversion
Campo De Baixo, 2005 © Mike Matthews
Campo De Baixo, 2005 © Mike Matthews
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- wooden mill, on cemented stone base
Campo De Baixo, 2005 © Mike Matthews
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tower
- short rendered tower, with sails remaining
Campo De Baixo, 2005 © Mike Matthews
Campo De Baixo, 2005 © Mike Matthews
Cockerel detail, 2005 © Mike Matthews
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(#pt1100)
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- one of 3 modern wind turbines, produced by Vestas
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- The largest of 3 modern wind turbines, produced by Vestas
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(#pt1009)
Shown with mill symbol on 1999 Insight FlexiMap of Madeira (ISBN 98123441900)
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Shown with mill symbol on 1999 Insight FlexiMap of Madeira (ISBN 98123441900)
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