Zeldenrust, Oss
51°45′56.35″N 5°31′12.65″E / 51.7656528°N 5.5201806°E / 51.7656528; 5.5201806Operator(s) Oss Municipality Year built 1860 Information Purpose Flour mill Type Smock mill No. of pairs of millstones Three pair
Zeldenrust (formerly De Zwaluw (English: The swallow)) is a smock mill in Oss, Netherlands.
History
Zeldenrun (known at the time as De Zwaluw) was built in 1860 and was in use up until the end of the 1950s.
It was later sold to the municipality of Oss in 1971. In 1974 De Osse Molen stichting (English: The Oss Mill foundation) was established to raise funds for restoration of the mill. The campaign was successfully funded by 1975 and restoration was completed on 24 February 1978.
Details
Zeldenrun is a round stone smock mill that functions primarily as a flour mill.
The windmill sail is of Old Hollandic design. The mill contains three pairs of millstones.
Sources
- Molendatabase (in Dutch)
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