52°35′13.3″N 6°5′49.05″E / 52.587028°N 6.0969583°E / 52.587028; 6.0969583Operator(s) | Stichting tot Behoud van Korenmolen De Zwaluw te Hasselt |
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Year built | 1784/1857 |
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Information |
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Purpose | Corn mill |
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Type | Smock mill |
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Storeys | Two-storey smock |
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Base storeys | Five-storey base |
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Smock sides | Eight sides |
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No. of sails | Four sails |
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Type of sails | Patent sails |
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Windshaft | Cast iron |
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Winding | Tailpole and winch |
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No. of pairs of millstones | one pair |
De Zwaluw (English: The Swallow) is a smock mill in Hasselt, Overijssel, Netherlands which is run by volunteers every Saturday.
History
The mill was built in 1784 just outside the city walls of Hasselt.
Picture gallery
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In the end of December they will blow an old wooden horn the so-called "midwinterboorn"
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Blowing the midwinterhoorn
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Musicians of the group MidwinterhoornBloasgroep "Kop van Overiessel"
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MidwinterhoornBloasgroep "Kop van Overiessel"
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Mill stones has to be repaired
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Sunset nearby Hasselt
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Mill De Zwaluw, Hasselt (Overijssel)
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Mill De Zwaluw, Hasselt (Overijssel) - Early spring.
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Mill De Zwaluw, Hasselt (The Netherlands)
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Mill De Zwaluw, Hasselt (The Netherlands) - Winter
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Zwaluw in moonlight
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Mill near the river Het Zwartewater.
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Mill De Zwaluw, Hasselt (The Netherlands)
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Mill De Zwaluw, Hasselt (The Netherlands) - an old picture around 1930.
External links
- Website of the mill (in Dutch)
- Google fotoshow of the mill
- De Zwaluw in the Dutch Mills database
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