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PHOTO'S

PHASE 2: 2000-2001 The grinding stones + mechanism

May 5, 2001
The dedication of the grinding stones during Dutch Days 2001

May 2, 2001
The first grinding at De Immigrant

April 17, 2001
The installation of the internal gears

April 13, 2001
The arrival of the grinding stones in Fulton, IL

January 9, 2001
The internal gears for the grinding mechanism - Metal

2000

December 1, 2000
The internal gears for the grinding mechanism - Party time

October 27 , 2000
The internal gears for the grinding mechanism - The Spur Wheel

September 28 , 2000
The internal gears for the grinding mechanism


PHASE 1: 1998- 2000 - The windmill

May 6, 2000
The Dedication during Dutch Days 2000

April-May 2000
The last week before the dedication

March 2000
The masonry work - The "fieldwall"

December 1999 - February 2000
Local contract 2: the concrete base + the "belt"

1999

November 19, 1999
Putting the pieces together: the "Big Lift"

November 18, 1999
Finally the sails and the axis arrive

November 17 - 18, 1999
Thanks Pierre, thanks Robert and Jodi Cooley!

November 15 - 18, 1999
Finishing touches before the "big lift"

Late October till early November, 1999
Arrival of the 2nd shipment and construction of the head

October, 1999
Shipment time again

September - October, 1999
Head and sails (2)

July 30, 1999:
Head and sails (1)

July 14, 1999:
A little celebration

June 7 - July 14, 1999

- Phase 4 of the assembly of the octagon
- Phase 3 of the assembly of the octagon
- Phase 2 of the assembly of the octagon
- Phase 1 of the assembly of the octagon

June 7, 1999:
Arrival of the octagon in Fulton

May 5, 1999:
Shipment time !

April 15, 1999:
The octagon is ready

March 9, 1999:
Building the octagon (2)

February 10, 1999:
Building the octagon (1)

January 6, 1999:
30 metric tons of bilinga

1998

December 4, 1998:
Signing of the contract


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