THE JACOBUS MILL

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The Jacobusmolen (a belt flour mill) was built in 1893 by order of miller Jacobus Peeters, after the grain mill between Vessem and Wintelre burned down. The mill was purchased by the municipality in 1955 and after restorations in 1969 and 1986 the mill is operational again. Nowadays the mill is managed by the Stichting de Vessemse Molen.
A belt mill is a windmill that stands on a natural or artificially raised hill (mill belt), which takes over the function of the scaffolding at a scaffolding mill. A passage (entrance) has been built into the hill on two sides, so that horse and cart could enter the mill in their entirety for loading and unloading and out again on the other side. In a number of cases, there is only a passage in the belt on one side. In that case, the horse and carriage drive backwards into the mill.

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