MOC day 26: The mill
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The Netherlands is known for its windmills and there is also one in our small village. We pass it almost every day, during our walk with Tygo. It is a mill from 1855 and it is a grist and hull mill. The mill is owned by the municipality and is no longer officially in use, but it is still operational and can be visited regularly. During its existence, the mill had to deal with thunder and storms several times. In 1869 the hood of the mill blew and the wall partially tore. More than 100 years later, in 1972, a fire started due to lightning during a storm. A few years later, in 1976, the mill was again hit by a storm. The mill broke loose, but the former miller at the time, who still lived in the mill house, managed to pull the hood out of the wind together with the miller, so that the damage was limited. From the late 1970s, the mill was also used as an instruction mill and various millers were trained there. Despite the volunteer millers, the mill fell into disrepair, but in 2002/2003 it was completely restored and made ready to grind again. It was also completely whitewashed again, because the sliding walls were and are a problem. The mill now also has an educational function and all 3 my children visited it during a school excursion. A volunteer miller tells in detail how the grain for the local baker used to be ground and you were also allowed to climb up a narrow staircase to look at the scaffolding. The scaffolding is the wooden construction that has been installed around the mill. From there, the miller can turn the hood or apply sails to catch more wind. In 2021 the masonry was given a new white stucco layer and it now looks beautiful again. At Christmas it was beautifully lit and it is really the pride of our village.
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