Pointe-Claire Windmill
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title:
Pointe-Claire Windmill
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The Pointe-Claire Windmill is a windmill in Pointe-Claire, Quebec, Canada. It is the oldest windmill on the island of Montreal and one of 18 remaining windmills in Quebec. Like most mills in New France it was built to a French design, a cylindrical stone tower with a movable roof which could be turned by a tail pole to face the sails to the wind. The mill had two doors, to provide an exit regardless of which ways the sails faced. The walls are four French feet (1m32) thick at the base. The inter
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Montreal windmill built in 1710
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pointe-Claire_Windmill
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2024-02-03T00:11:48Z
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