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Woudaap - windmill

Windmill "De Woudaap" in Krommenie. Around 1651 was in Krommenie, on the canal Nauernasche Vaart, a mill built with the name "De Woudaap". He had this name due to an oil mill in the neighborhood, which burned in 1915. Originally the mill "De Woudaap" drain the polder `t Woud dry. In 1948 it merged with polder Krommenie to Krommenieër-Woudpolder. Until 1995 he had intended for the polder Krommenieër-Woudpolder to drain, since then De Woudaap, on a voluntary basis, are frequently used to drain the Polder.

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Uploaded on October 6, 2015
Taken on September 30, 2015