windmill "De Bonker" - Meerkerk - The Netherlands
Posted by: eikenboom
N 51° 55.296 E 005° 00.362
31U E 637948 N 5754219
polder mill just outside Meerkerk, south of Utrecht
Waymark Code: WM7VT1
Location: Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Date Posted: 12/09/2009
Views: 22
This was one of a series of mills used to pump water out of this polder. Its year of construction is not known.
It became redundant in 1945 when a machine operated pumping station took over the job.
In 1972 it became the property of a foundation for the restoration, which was completed in 1976.
Early 2009 it was last revised
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