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Great Mill of the Meetkerkse Moeren

Great Mill of the Meetkerkse Moeren

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Great Mill of the Meetkerkse Moeren

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Location: Zuienkerke, Bruges, West Flanders, Flanders, Belgium

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♏️anuel 🧭

January 2, 2025

Hiking

When the Bruges-Ostend canal was constructed around 1620, part of the Meetkerkse Moeren became lower than the canal. Pumping systems with a wooden mill had to protect the areas from flooding. After 1810 the mill burned down and shortly afterwards the current stone mill was built. Until 1928 this mill pumped water from the Meetkerkse Moeren into the Blankenbergse canal. In the meantime mechanical pumps were introduced. The pump house with the installation still exists.

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🇧🇪 Herwig Aertbeliën

January 10, 2025

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The Grote Molen (Great Mill) of the Meetkerkse Moeren, or Lage Moere, dates in its current form from 1811. The polder mill and the miller's farm are situated on a …

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