"The Four Winds" Questioning

The Four Winds is a flour mill in Vragender in the province of Gelderland.Around 1860 a ground sailer was built at the current location of the mill and was replaced by the current scaffolding mill in 1958 on behalf of the miller family Gunnewick. The mill was built by the well-known millwright J.D. Medendorp from Zuidlaren. Parts from some demolished mills were used for this. It is striking that, in contrast to most octagonal tower mills, this mill has a very large square substructure. The mill is fully equipped for a professional milling company and still works as such. In all likelihood, De Vier Winden is the last windmill in the Netherlands that was built for economic reasons. The mill is equipped with three pairs of grinding stones (one on wind power and two on an electric motor) and also has the necessary equipment for processing flour products. The rods of the sails have a length of 24 meters. The outer rod has Van Bussel fairings with sails. The inner rod is equipped with the Ten Have system in combination with Van Bussel fairings.
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