The guidebook says: “Miller Vandedberghe had to look on while his
livelihood, the Kruiskalsijde Mill built in 1871, was dynamited by the
Belgian Military Engineers on October 17th 1914.”

At that time, the windmill stood quite tall with huge sails to catch the
wind and turn the grindstones. It also would have made a good lookout and
observation tower over the Ijzer plain. After the war the mill was rebuilt
using diesel rather than wind power. It now stands empty — almost
abandoned.

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