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My grandfather's windmill
This plate depicts my grandfather's windmill, Mellby Mill. Per Nilsson built it in 1859, together with a house for the miller. In 1898, my grandfather bought the mill, moved there with his family, and settled in the house next to the mill.
The sack and the stamp illustrate the work in the mill. Farmers came and brought their grain to the mill. The miller always had to position the rotor so that i…
Contributors
- Nisse
Subject
- 1890s
- Windmills
- Grandparents
- Agricultural development
- Agriculture
- Industrial heritage
- Agriculture
Contributors
- Nisse
Subject
- 1890s
- Windmills
- Grandparents
- Agricultural development
- Agriculture
- Industrial heritage
- Agriculture
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
Places
- Kivik
- Mellby
- Kiviks församling
- Sweden
Identifier
- http://contribute.europeana.eu/contributions/f567b600-03b7-0138-1a7a-6eee0af4e44a
Language
- en
- eng
Is part of
- Europe at Work collection day, Kiviks Museum, 2019-12-07
Providing country
- Europe
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2019-12-19T10:15:26.495Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2021-02-02T08:44:42.776Z