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Are the Kinderdijk windmills still in use?
Aaliyah Lathrope
2025-10-24 10:41:41
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Today the windmills are still kept in working order, but they are no longer used for water management.
Fuel shortage during World War II briefly forced the water boards to return to wind powered water pumping, which proved to be the last hurrah for the windmills.
After the war all mills were decommissioned and the millers released from their contracts.
The main water works are provided by two electric pumping stations near one of the entrances of the windmills site.
Sem de Korte
2025-10-24 08:00:06
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Most of the 19 windmills are still inhabited.
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