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Elsbroek Mill

Elsbroek Mill

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Elsbroek Mill

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Location: Nieuwerkerken, Hasselt, South Limburg, Flanders, Belgium

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1. Floating Chapel of Helshoven – Brasserie Château de la Motte loop from Alken

70.0km

04:05

320m

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2. View of Het Vinne – Along the Kleine Gete loop from Neerwinden

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03:16

220m

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3. View of Het Vinne – Along the Kleine Gete loop from Budingen

43.7km

02:36

170m

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Claudine en Robert🇧🇪🚴

April 13, 2024

The Elsbroekmolen or Binderveldmolen is a watermill on the Melsterbeek, formerly belonging to the Binderveld domain. A mill was already mentioned at this location in 1379. The watermill is shown on the Ferraris map (1770-1778). The current brick building dates from 1910 and was renovated in 1937. The metal undershot wheel and the interior may be older and still present.

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JakobusPilger

April 15, 2024

Using the power of moving water to drive a mill wheel is an ancient invention of the human spirit of discovery, the origins of which can be traced back to times long past. Thanks to such a construction, human or animal muscle power could be easily replaced by the power of the natural elements through a watercourse - natural or artificially created - in order to grind grain into corn or press oil from fruit, for example.

There are essentially two different ways of driving watermills:

* Either the flowing water simply hits the blades of the water wheel from below to set it in motion; or
* the water is guided above the wheel - usually through a so-called "mill channel" - and falls onto the blades; this type of construction is more efficient due to natural gravity.

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Elevation 80 m

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Location: Nieuwerkerken, Hasselt, South Limburg, Flanders, Belgium

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Elsbroek Mill

1. Floating Chapel of Helshoven – Brasserie Château de la Motte loop from Alken

2. View of Het Vinne – Along the Kleine Gete loop from Neerwinden

3. View of Het Vinne – Along the Kleine Gete loop from Budingen

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