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Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout

19 windmills built around 1740 as part of a water-management system of dikes, reservoirs and pumping stations that keeps this low-lying South Holland polder dry - the largest concentration of historic windmills in the Netherlands and an iconic image of Dutch water engineering.

Dated events and their evidence

• 1740 CE mainstream
  windmills built source
• 1997 CE mainstream
  UNESCO World Heritage inscription source

Where

51.8825° N, 4.6494° E

Sources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinderdijk_windmills

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