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Position: Kerkstraat 42 Ravels Owner: Frans Van Himbergen Construction year: 1634/1869 Type: Brick mount mill Function: Corn mill Characteristics: Much material from previous standard mill Interior: 2 pair of artificial millstones Condition: Grind-capable Miller: Frans Van Himbergen, Frans Paulussen and his sons Dries and Paul Visiting hours: On monuments and mill days, when the mill twists Internet source: De Nachtegaal der Maatvennen
This mill became built in 1869. He replaced a wooden standard mill which was blown down a year before. It is a typical example of a mount mill. These round, brick bovenkruier (Bovenkruiers are wind mills where only the cap with the wings cross can twist in the horizontal area) stands on a 2.70 meter high hillock and contain four attics, as it happens: the grind, stones, lui and grease attic. The roof (cap) to which the four 12.6 meters long wings are attached, can be twisted (hence the term bovenkruier).
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