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The first windmills in Europe appear in sources dating to the twelfth century. These early European windmills were sunk post mills. The earliest certain reference to a windmill dates from 1185, in Weedley, Yorkshire, although a number of earlier but less certainly dated twelfth century European sources referring to windmills have also been adduced.
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The first windmill used for the production of electricity was built in Scotland in July 1887 by Prof James Blyth of Anderson's College,