- Position: Rodesteenstraat Merkem (Houthulst)
Owner: Municipality Houthulst Construction year: 1777/1923 Type: Stake-mill with open foot Function: Grain-mill Characteristics: Front wheel on the upper ax still carried out as an arm wheel Interior: Two pair-of-millstones Condition: Grind-capable Miller: Bart Castelein and members of NPO De Boot, Jos Hooghe Visiting hours: Occasionally and after appointment, phone 0475.21.43.20 (npo De Boot)
This wooden standard-mill from 1781,were transmitted in 1923 from Poperinge to Houthulst, in substitution for a mill which was destroyed here during W.W.I. He was kept up operational to 1958 by one family. In 1975, the municipality bought the mill and let him grind-capable restore in 1983-1984. To visit after appointment.
|