Kooijwijk Mill

Polder mill de Kooijwijkse Molen at Kooiwijk 1 in Oud-Alblas in the Dutch municipality of Molenlanden is a ground-sailer that was built in 1866 to drain the Noordzijde polder. The mill replaced a dilapidated wip mill at the same location. Until 1925, the polder was drained by two mills; the other mill was the Northern Kooijwijkse Molen; this was replaced by a pumping station in 1925. The Kooijwijkse Molen is a round stone mill, equipped with traditional Dutch sails that have a span of 26 meters. In 1960, the mill was sold to the then municipality of Oud-Alblas, on the condition that it must remain operational. The Kooijwijkse Molen was restored in 1981 and in 2001/2.

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