Tiendweg Mill Giessendam

The Tiendwegse Molen is a type of wipmolen (a windmill with a hinged cap) located on the Giessendamse Tiendweg in Giessendam/Neder-Hardinxveld, in the Dutch municipality of Hardinxveld-Giessendam. The mill was built in 1906 for the drainage of the Binnentiendwegs section of the Giessen Oude Benedenpolder. It replaced a mill that burned down in December 1906. The Tiendwegse Molen was not new but was purchased for ƒ5000 from the polder administration of the Groote Waard polder in Noordeloos. A steam engine had been put into operation there, making the mill redundant. The Grote Molen, as it was previously called, was transported in parts by water to about 1 km from its new location. For the last kilometer, a narrow-gauge railway was constructed over which a steam locomotive ran. The mill operated at its new location until 1953.

The Tiendwegse Molen has been owned by SIMAV since 1968. Since 1986, the mill has been capable of grinding, initially draining the polder on a voluntary basis. Since 2006, the Tiendwegse Molen has been grinding in a circuit.

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