Nederland - windmotor De Veenhoop

Windmotor De Veenhoop is a polder windmill near the Frisian village of De Veenhoop. It is a so called American windmill (in the Netherlands also called roosmolen). This type of windmills was developed in the United States and was used for irrigation purposes. In the Netherlands, these mills are used as polder mills. De Veenhoop is of the brand Herkules and was built in the German city of Dresden.

From 1921 to 1962, the mill was used for draining a nearby polder. The mill was sold, but in 1996 it was in very poor condition. Five years later, the mill was refurbished and used again at its present location to drain the Groote Veenpolder.