Volendam Windmill is a
smock mill located on Adamic Hill Road in
Holland Township, New Jersey
Holland Township is a township in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township's population was 5,291, reflecting an increase of 167 (+3.3%) from the 5,124 counted in the 2000 Census, which ha ...
, United States.
The windmill was designed and built in 1965 by Paul and May Jorgenson, using windmills they had seen in
Denmark
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as models. 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.
[Hunterdon County web page for Holland Township]
accessed February 20, 2009 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.
See also
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Hunterdon Plateau
Hunterdon Plateau is a plateau in western Hunterdon County, New Jersey. It borders the higher Musconetcong Mountain to the northwest, the Delaware River to the west, Amwell Valley to the south and the lower lying areas of the Newark Basin to the ...
References
External links
Hunterdon County Museums - Volendam Windmill Museum
at nj.com
Holland Township, New Jersey
Buildings and structures in Hunterdon County, New Jersey
Smock mills in the United States
Flour mills in the United States
Octagonal buildings in the United States
Dutch-American culture in New Jersey
Wind power in New Jersey
Grinding mills in New Jersey
Agricultural buildings and structures in New Jersey
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