Oude Molen, Simpelveld

Oude Molen
Old Mill
Oude Molen in 2009
Alternative names	Molen van Houben
General information
Status	Rijksmonument (33593)
Type	Watermill
Address	Oude Molenweg 6
Town or city	Simpelveld
Country	Netherlands
Coordinates	50°50′01″N 5°58′18″E / 50.8337°N 5.9717°E / 50.8337; 5.9717
Completed	1774
Designations	House (1961-present) Gristmill (1774-1961)
References
Database of Former Mills (in Dutch)

The Oude Molen (English: Old Mill) or Molen van Houben (English: Houben's Mill) is a watermill located on the Oude Molenweg 6 in Simpelveld, Netherlands. Built in 1774 along the Eyserbeek river, the watermill functioned as gristmill until the 1960s. During this time it was restored several times. In 1960 the mill stopped functioning, and a year later the land upstream was disowned by the local government. Currently it functions as housing.

The mill is a national monument (nr 33593). Of the original mill only the millhouse and the iron breastshot water wheel, with corresponding flume, remain.

• Molen van Houben
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  View from the west
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  Flume and housing, viewed from the west
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  Flume
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  Water wheel

• Bulkemsmolen

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Dutch Rijksmonument 33593