The three ironing mills of Rustenburg
String mill K is a string mill built about 1627 in Rustenburg, which was fitted with an auger in 1831. The mill is a thatched octagonal mill of the ground sailor type with an old Dutch sails. The mill, like more North Holland polder mills, is an indoor windmill. Strijkmolen K is equipped with a Flemish trap. Next to the windmill are two other windmills, namely Strijkmolen L and Strijkmolen I. Strijkmolen K is the only windmill of these three that still has its inner mechanism. When in 1941 the level of the Raaksmaatboezem and the Schermerboezem were equalized, the remaining string mills lost their function.
In 2011 an extensive restoration took place, whereby the house was brought in the old style. In the same year, the old Schermerboezem along the mill was re-excavated. The plan is to have the mill grind in circuit in due course.
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