Recently, we took a cruise on the Rhine, which stopped in Kinderdijk, Netherlands. Kinderdijk is home to 19 windmills that were built in 1738 and 1740. The windmills were built to keep water out of a low lying tract of land used for farming. The windmills are maintained in working order, but two electric pumping stations perform their function today. The windmills and the area around them are protected under Dutch law and were designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997.
Here are photographs I took during our visit.
