To drain marshy lands so that they can be used for agriculture.
Holland is most famous for their windmills, although I'm not sure whether they were used to pump water or not.
they pump underground water to the surface
length from wooden to metal they can pump water
to pump water; to grind grain
Different windmills do different things. Some pump water. Others do produce electricity.
Windmills!
Holland was probably best known for their use of windmills for that purpose.
To pump water. The windmill turns pumps the water out into a trough for the cattle.
The Netherlands has used windmills for hundreds of years to pump water out of their low lying lands.Other countries used windmills to grind corn and wheat into flour.The Romans used windmills to pump water uphill into their aqueducts.netherlands or chinaIraq, about 6000 years agopakistan
To pump water from under ground and to stir grain.
....but in countries like The Netherlands which are partly below sea level, windmills are used to control the level of water.
Traditionally windmills have been used to grind grain for flour. In some places they pump water, for instance to drain low lying land, which is why the Netherlands became famous for windmills.