BrusselsPictures.com » Windmill http://www.brusselspictures.com Photo Blog Covering the City of Brussels, Belgium Thu, 08 Dec 2011 13:23:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Woluwe-Saint-Lambert Windmill http://www.brusselspictures.com/2009/06/29/woluwe-saint-lambert-windmill/ http://www.brusselspictures.com/2009/06/29/woluwe-saint-lambert-windmill/#comments Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:51:16 +0000 admin http://www.brusselspictures.com/?p=1169 Le moulin à vent de Woluwe-Saint-Lambert was built around 1767 in Esplechin, near Tournai and nearly vanished due to competition from flour mills. The passion of one man, Doctor Duthoit, saved it. Purchased by the doctor in the 1930′s and carefully restored, the mill went through its second childhoold in Arc-Ainieres, in the province of Hainaut. in 1960, Doctor Duthoit’s widow gave it to the town of Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, where it was subsequently transferred. Twenty years later, another major restoration was needed after a fire, and the mill was rebuilt at its current location.

Location of the Windmill of Woluwe-Saint-Lambert:


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Photos of moulin à vent de Woluwe-Saint-Lambert:

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Horses at the Hof ter Musschen farm

The view of the windmill from the farm

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Frontal shot just underneath

The Woluwe-Saint-Lambert windmill from the back

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Closeup

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