Zandwijkse Molen is a polder mill dating from 1699 located between Uppel and Sleeuwijk.
The mill is the last remaining mill of a series of seven mills that stood side by side.
The mill operated the polder until 1961, first together with the other six mills and later with the help of a diesel pumping station built on the foundations of one of the old mills. In 1953, after the flood disaster, the mill independently drained the polder because the diesel pumping station had become inoperable due to salt water.
The Zandwijk Mill has stood on an artificial islet in the meadow since 1972. The water around the islet was dug to create a so-called circular pumping circuit. To maintain it, the mill must be operated regularly. The water around the mill then allows the scoop wheel to turn again.
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