- Position: chaussée d'Enghien 1 Saintes (Tubize) Edingsesteenweg Hondzocht
Owner: Angeline Depauw, in long lease to the municipality Tubize Construction year: 1775 Type: Bricks mount mill Function: Grain-mill Characteristics: onion shape cap, seat cap Interior: 2 pair-of-millstones, rolling mill chair (operated by an engine), sieve mill, oats crusher, grain cleaner
- Condition: Last repaired in 1972: new wings cross
Miller: None Visiting hours: Not accessible
Dominating the countryside, the windmill of Hondzocht, out of limed bricks, being dilapidated more and more its state requires, a good restoration . It is hardly any more used nowadays, its final stop goes back to 1979. So in the beginning, it was actuated by the wind , it was been driven later on by an engine, initially with gas, then diesel. The mill is protected as a monument since April 4, 1944
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