De Olde Molen

[6][7][8] Subsequently, in 1815,[9] a mill was constructed on that same spot, featuring two screw pumps and a wingspan of 77 ft (23 metres), which is now located in Aruba.

[11][6] On behalf of miller Jan Hubbeling Snelter, the mill underwent reconstruction in 1898 by millwright W. Kamps from Winschoten, following the permit granted in 1896.

The Molen van Snelter was an octagonal smock mill with a tar paper roof and cap [nl], featuring a low stage with a stone base (i.e. middle and bottom sections).

Repairs were carried out in 1933, but the mill was later neglected, with a partial stage in the southwest, a missing tail, and tie beam.

[13] The meticulous disassembly of the Molen van Jonker by millwright Jan Diederik Medendorp began in the same year and took four weeks,[14] with the blades being left intact.

[6] Notably, the spoorwiel (great spur wheel) and rondsel (pinion) are housed in the gristmill De Zwaan in Holland, Michigan, USA.

[16] The bents, windmill mechanisms, and also 2,000 kilograms (4,400 lb) of millstones, totaling 30 tons of load,[17] were transported by the KNSM ship, m.s.

[4] The acquisition, transportation, reconstruction, and establishment of the restaurant collectively required over 175,000 Netherlands Antillean guilders, a sum that was raised in Aruba through the incorporation of the De Olde Molen NV.

[23] In 1973, Joseph Patterson acquired De Olde Molen from K. Schmand and embarked on an extensive restoration project for the windmill.