in Murcia region ….

2. The windmills in Murcia region ….

3. This is Region of Murcia Torre Pacheco is a Spanish municipality in Region of Murcia. Here is Torre Pacheco.

4. The earliest reference to windmills dates back as far as the early 1300’s, when their main use was the grinding of flour.

5. The campo de Cartagena area has been a land of windmills for more than six centuries.

6. The winds that blow across the area were used by the windmills or ‘molinos’ to create energy.

7. Mills were a vital component of an agricultural tradition, being used for two main functions: • to draw water up from the ground and pump it through the irrigation system • to grind wheat and produce flour.

8. The tipical windmill of “Campo de Cartagena” is the Mediterranean type with a tower, a horizontal axle with four pairs of wooden arms. The Mediterranean windmill has Latin sails (triangular sails), normally 8. La Mancha windmill, don Quixote mills, has four rectangular arms.

9. La Mancha windmills

10. - What is a windmill? • It is a machine that uses wind as an energy source.

11. Mills • to grind wheat and produce flour. • to draw water up from the ground and pump it through the irrigation system

12. Wind strength in the service of man Harquebus mill Flour mill

13. Main parts mill

14. The machinery is placed on a round tower and it can be oriented to the wind. The wind blows the sails and that move the machine.

15. Here we can see a ruined tower with some rest of machinery.

17. Details of machinery

20. CHAPITEL It is the wooden structure machinery of the mill as a cover.

22. Chapitel

26. El Pasico windmill Torre Pacheco

29. Windmill stones

30. We can move the chapitel and machinery to trim sails to the wind Stick guide

31. Carrete to move stick guide Stick guide Carrete

32. The winds that move the wind mills are called: "lebeches", "jaloque“, "maestral“ or “levante”

34. Sailing mills is an adaptation of the latin sails ships in the Mediterranean for use in the mills. Modifying its appearance increases the number of sticks, adapting them to the sails, assuming marine terminology, and adding versatility to the characteristics of the prevailing winds of the Mediterranean. Latin sail or triangular sail

35. North MAESTRAL LEVANTE Winds in Cartagena area. West East JALOQUE LEBECHE South

36. Watermill (waterwheel) Molino de arcaduces Most widespread type of mill in the region of the Campo de Cartagena. wheel

37. This watermill (waterwheel) can be typically characterised for the waterwheel. Attached to a tower that turns to extract water from the depths of the subsoil.

38. Harquebus (Alcabuces)

41. Reservoir water next to the windmill

42. Watermill Very useful for the extraction of groundwater.

43. The first documentary evidence that shows the existence of windmills in the Torre Pacheco area dates back to 1755.

44. Nowadays, Torre Pacheco still has 14 windmills. Four of which are in perfect state thanks to recent restorations.

46. Some of the mills without restoration Paquillo windmill Ulloa waterwheel windmill Isidoro el Zorro windmill Lo Ferro windmill La Pedrera windmill Pereas windmill

47. Los Pereas windmill Santa Rosalía

48. El Jimenado windmill

49. El Pasico windmill Torre Pacheco

50. Los Pereas windmill - Santa Rosalía Unrestored - Restored