Zorgvliet Mill (Molenbeersel)

Belgium / Limburg / Kinrooi / Molenbeersel / Oudekerkstraat
 windmill, interesting place, listed building / architectural heritage, 1919_construction
Also called Truyen Mill.
Stone conical wind mill built in 1919 by Godefridus Truyen-Smeyers, to replace an octagonal wooden smock of 1817 or 1818.
In 1882, this mill gets owned by the family-Truyen Smeyers and Stevens.
It was demolished in 1914. The present mill got a dieselengine was just before World War II was replaced in the 1950 by an electric motor.
The mill was restored in 1967. Since 1971 out of service.

Protected architectural heritage (ID: 72246)
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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windmill
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Coordinates:   51°10'10"N   5°44'5"E
This article was last modified 14 years ago