Monochrome Monday: Dutch watermills

Many people associate the Dutch with windmills (and some other things I won't go into). We also have watermills, and some of them are centuries old and eye-wateringly picturesque. Here are two of them, in black and white.

The Oostendorper watermolen, near Haaksbergen, The Netherlands:

^{Olympus Stylus 1s, 55mm, ISO400, f8, 1/80s}

The next one is the Haarmühle, near Alstätte, Germany. Yes, I cheated; it is in Germany, but it is only 200m from the border and easily added to The Netherlands by moving some border stones or a minor invasion. It will then be called Haarmolen:

^{Olympus XZ-1, 35mm, ISO100, f8, 1/2s}

A final photo, of the wooden gear box of the Haarmühle:

^{Olympus XZ-1, 28mm, ISO100, f1.8, 1/8s}

Thanks for watching!

PS Two more watermills can be found here, in colour though.