Volendam Windmill
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Volendam Windmill is a smock mill located on Adamic Hill Road in Holland Township, New Jersey, United States.
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Mill name | Volendam Mill |
Mill location | Holland Township, New Jersey, USA |
Coordinates | 40.5966°N 75.1639°W / 40.5966; -75.1639 |
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Purpose | Corn mill |
Type | Smock mill |
Storeys | Two-story smock |
Base storeys | Three-story base |
Smock sides | Eight sides |
No. of sails | Four sails |
Type of sails | Common sails |
Winding | Tailpole |
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The windmill was designed and built in 1965 by Paul and May Jorgenson, using windmills they had seen in Denmark and The Netherlands as models.[1][2] The Volendam Windmill Museum is a working mill driven by wind, used for grinding raw grain into flour. The 60-foot structure is seven stories high with sail arms 68 feet from tip to tip.[3] In 2007, two of the sail arms of the windmill were damaged in a windstorm. As of 2021, the county's website shows that the museum is closed.[4]