The Molen van Bouwel is a post mill and is located with accompanying mill houses in Bouwel in the municipality of Grobbendonk, near the dividing canal between Bouwel and Echelpoel, in the province of Antwerp.[1] The mill is a grain windmill and has been protected as a monument since 1943.[2][3] source: Wikipedia

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April 14, 2021

In 1789 Baptist Van Looy founded a wooden windmill in Bouwel. That mill did not survive the violence of the First World War. Its successor, the current windmill, was transferred from Voortkapel in 1925 and has been protected as a monument since 1943.

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Elevation 10 m

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