Oude Molen, Simpelveld
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Oude Molen | |
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Old Mill | |
![]() Oude Molen in 2008 | |
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Alternative names | Molen van Houben |
General information | |
Status | Rijksmonument (33593) |
Type | Watermill |
Address | Oude Molenweg 6 |
Town or city | Simpelveld |
Country | Netherlands |
Coordinates | 50°50′01″N 5°58′18″E / 50.8337°N 5.9717°E |
Completed | 1774 |
Designations | House (1961-present) Gristmill (1774-1961) |
References | |
Database of Former Mills |
The Oude Molen (English:Old Mill) or Molen van Houben (English: Houben's Mill) is a watermill located on the Oude Molenweg 6 in Simpelveld, Netherlands. Build in 1774 along the Eyserbeek river, the watermill functioned as gristmill until the 1960s. During this time it was restored several times. In 1960 the mill stopped functioning, and a year later the land upstream was disowned by the local government. Currently it functions as housing.
The mill is a national monument (nr 33593). Of the original mill only the millhouse and the iron breastshot water wheel, with corresponding flume, remain.
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- Molen van Houben
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View from the west
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Flume and housing, viewed from the west
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Flume
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Water wheel
See also
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Dutch Rijksmonument 33593