Key:windmill:type

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windmill:type=post	The distinctive feature of a post mill is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.
windmill:type=tower	A tower mill is a type of vertical windmill consisting of a brick or stone tower, on which sits a wooden 'cap' or roof, which can rotate to bring the sails into the wind.
windmill:type=smock	The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded, thatched, or shingled tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind.
windmill:type=tjasker	The tjasker is a distinctive small type of Frisian windmill which is also found in other Dutch provinces and in north Germany. It consists of an inclined wooden millshaft supported on a wooden frame, on the lower end it carries the Archimedean screw which is partially submerged in water.