Kruitmolen

Kruitmolen
Powder mill
Polfermeule

Waterway on the left flows towards the Kruitmolen
General information
Status Rijksmonument (36784)
Type Watermill
Address Plenkertstraat 82
Town or city Valkenburg aan de Geul
Country Netherlands
Coordinates 50°51′57″N 5°49′21″E / 50.8659°N 5.8226°E / 50.8659; 5.8226Coordinates: 50°51′57″N 5°49′21″E / 50.8659°N 5.8226°E / 50.8659; 5.8226
Completed 1820
Designations Brewery (1887-present)
Paper mill (1875-1884)
Powder mill (1820-1851)
References
Database of Dutch Mills

The Kruitmolen (English: Powder mill, Limburgish: Polfermeule) is a watermill located on the Plenkertstraat 82 in Valkenburg aan de Geul, Netherlands. Build in 1820 along the Geul river, the watermill functioned as powder mill until 1851 and temporarily became a paper mill between 1875 and 1884. Since 1887 it is part of a brewery where it currently still forms a part of the electrical supply system.

The mill is a rijksmonument since January 24, 1984 and is part of the Top 100 Dutch heritage sites.[1]

References

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