Bulkemsmolen
The Bulkemsmolen (English: Bulkem's Mill) is a former watermill located on the Bulkemstraat 43 in Bulkemsbroek, Simpelveld, Netherlands. Build in 1753 along the Eyserbeek river, the watermill functioned as gristmill until 1978. Currently it functions as housing for a local farm.
| Bulkemsmolen | |
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Bulkem's mill | |
 Bulkemsmolen in 2010 | |
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| General information | |
| Status | Rijksmonument (33588) |
| Type | Watermill |
| Address | Bulkemstraat 43 |
| Town or city | Simpelveld |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Coordinates | 50.8287°N 5.9626°E |
| Completed | 1774 |
| Designations | Farmhouse (1978-present) Gristmill (1753-1978) |
| References | |
| Database of Former Mills | |
The mill is a national monument (nr 33588) since 1967. Of the original mill only the millhouse, wooden overshot water wheel, of 3.9m diameter and 1.2m width, and the mill race remain.
Gallery of images
- Bulkemsmolen
Upstream view
Eyserbeek stream and former mill race
Former mill race
Location of the wheel
gollark: It's just wildly ridiculously insane in so many ways!
gollark: I still run it manually, but it works.
gollark: My arguably-evil scheme is running perfectly, by the way.
gollark: It seems like they just had the wrong idea.
gollark: "Bug" would imply that they had some idea in mind but got it wrong when translating it to code.
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