The Windmill
by Maria Angelica Maira
Title
The Windmill
Artist
Maria Angelica Maira
Medium
Photograph - Vintage Photography - Digital Art - Fine Art Photography
Description
Bruderheim Windmill
Wilhelm Mallon, a carpenter and blacksmith of German descent, arrived in Canada in 1910. He happily discovered that the sandy soil of his farm near Bruderheim, Alberta, about 50 kilometres north of Edmonton, grew a good crop of spring rye. The next step was building a mill to make the sort of rye bread that had been a staple back home in Belarus.
From 1920 to 1924, Mallon completed this mill, which was the second he'd built on the farm. Mallon used hand tools to shape the gears, wheels and shafts from scrub birch, and shaped his millstones from granite found in the North Saskatchewan River. Despite being constantly hampered by a lack of wind, Mallon's mill did a good business in the area. In 1964, the Devonian Group of Charitable Foundations donated the structure to Heritage Park, along with $35,000 for its restoration.
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March 24th, 2014
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Donna Kennedy
Congratulations Maria! Your beautiful image has been Featured in our group The Gold Standard, because of its excellence! Also added my fav/tweet/vote...
Barbara Chichester
Beautiful vintage feel to this image, love the blue and white windmill, pops in this piece! shared
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