List of windmills in South Africa
A list of windmills in South Africa.
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Extant windmills in South Africa.
1 location of Cape Town - see individual map. 2 De Molen, Edenvale.
1 location of Cape Town - see individual map. 2 De Molen, Edenvale.
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Windmills in Cape Town.
1 Nieuwe Molen. 2 Onze Molen. 3 Mostert's Mill. 4 Oude Molen
1 Nieuwe Molen. 2 Onze Molen. 3 Mostert's Mill. 4 Oude Molen
Locations
Western Cape
| Location | Name of mill and coordinates |
Type | Built | Notes | Photograph |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maitland, Cape Town | De Nieuwe Molen 33°55′57″S 18°28′55″E |
Tower | 1782 | Windmill World |  |
| Mowbray, Cape Town | Mostert's Mill 33°57′08″S 18°27′58″E |
Tower | c. 1796 | Windmill World |  |
| Durbanville, Cape Town | Onze Molen 33°49′56″S 18°38′20″E |
Tower | c. 1801 | Windmill World |  |
| Pinelands, Cape Town | Oude Molen 33°56′24″S 18°29′23″E |
1717 | Windmill World | ||
| Woodstock, Cape Town | Pyott's Mill | Tower | |||
| Durbanville, Cape Town | Angus Mill | Smock | 1895 | Demolished | |
| Mowbray, Cape Town | Onderneming Mill | Tower | 1849 | Demolished | |
| Mowbray, Cape Town | Clapperton's Mill | Tower | 1770 | 1903 | Demolished |
| Mowbray, Cape Town | Valkenburg Mill | Tower | 1803 | 1827 | Demolished |
| Salt River, Cape Town | The Hope Mill | Tower | 1844 | 1863 | Demolished |
| Salt River, Cape Town | Salt River Mill | Tower | 1844 | 1863 | Demolished |
| Salt River, Cape Town | Broekman Mill (Welvergenoegd) | Tower | 1844 | 1863 | Demolished |
| Salt River, Cape Town | Twistwyk Dur Mill | Tower | Demolished | ||
| Salt River, Cape Town | Groot Zoor Mill (Dwars in die Weg) | Tower | Demolished | ||
| Paarl | Agter Paarl Mill | Tower | 1884 | Demolished | |
| Bredasdorp | Bredasdorp Mill | Tower | Demolished | ||
| Saldanha | Brinks Mill | Post | 1848 | Demolished | |
| Malmesbury | Dassenberg Mill | Tower | 1843 | Demolished | |
| Clanwilliam | Ebenezer Mill (Olifants River) | Post | 1845 | Missionary Station | Demolished |
| Humansdorp | Humansdorp Mill | Tower | Demolished | ||
| Mossel Bay | Mossel Bay Mill | Tower | Demolished |
Other locations
| Location | Name of mill and coordinates |
Type | Built | Notes | Photograph |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandria | Whitney Mill | Smock | 1856 | 1942 Restored | now demolished |
| Bathurst | Bathurst Mill | 1830 | |||
| Bathurst | (2nd mill) | 1830 | 1855 | ||
| Bathurst | (3rd mill) | 1840 | 1855 | ||
| Bathurst | (4th mill) | 1855 | 1855 | ||
| Bonnie Doon, Somerset West | Bonnie Doon Windpump | tower | 1974 | ||
| Bredasdorp | Smock | 1849 | 1908, demolished by 1912 | ||
| Clumber | 1860 | 1870 | |||
| Clumber | (2nd mill) | 1860 | 1870 | ||
| Cradock | Frederick Korsten's Mill | tower | 1812 | 1860 | |
| Edenvale | De Molen 26°08′48″S 28°09′17″E |
Smock | ¾ scale replica of Zeldenrust, Westerwijtwerd, Groningen, Netherlands. | Windmill World | |
| Grahamstown | Heath's Mill | Post mill | 1817 | 1843 | |
| Grahamstown | Richardson's Mill | 1830 | 1876 | ||
| Grahamstown | (3rd mill) | 1850 | 1855 | ||
| Grahamstown | (4th mill) | 1850 | 1855 | ||
| Grahamstown | (5th mill) | 1855 | 1855 | ||
| Kaffir Drift | 1830 | 1835 | |||
| Port Frances | 1830 | 1835 | |||
| Salem | 1845 | 1855 | |||
| Sidbury | 1845 | 1855 | |||
| Southwell | 1860 | 1870 | |||
| Southwell | (2nd mill) | 1860 | 1870 | ||
| Trappes Valley | 1835 | 1835 | |||
| Winterberg | 1840 | 1845 | |||
| Winterberg | (2nd mill) | 1845 | 1845 |
Notes
Known building dates are in bold text. Non-bold text denotes first known date. Dates in "Notes" column is last known date the mill was in existence unless otherwise stated. One of the Salt River windmills was standing in 1844, and one of them was standing c. 1896.
References
The reference for all entries is Walton, James (1974). Water-mills windmills and horse mills of South Africa. Cape Town and Johannesburg: C Struik. ISBN 0-86977-040-3. unless otherwise stated.
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