Dutch attempt to save the windmills - by Sam Daniel
Holland has always been known for its majestic windmills but now most of them have collapsed and the Dutch government is striving hard to restore and preserve the existing heritage structures. Till a century ago over 10,000 windmills had dotted the countryside in Holland. The country is below sea level and it were these machines that had kept the land dry by pumping river water back into the sea. After electric pumps took over, these windmills dwindled to just over a thousand.
Now the government is trying to preserve these as national monuments by extending financial support. Every weekend frank and his family work on their old mills to bring them back to running condition.
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