De Prins van Oranje, Bredevoort

De Prins van Oranje (English: The Prince of Orange) is a tower mill in Bredevoort, Gelderland, Netherlands which was built in 1870 and has been restored to working order.

[1] De Prins van Oranje was built by millwright Giesbers of Winterswijk to replace it.

Construction was delayed because the German bricklayers were called up for service during the Franco-Prussian War.

[2] De Prins van Oranje is what the Dutch call a "Beltmolen".

This drives a wallower with 32 teeth, which is situated at the top of the upright shaft.

This drives a pair of 1.50 metres (4 ft 11 in) diameter French Burr millstones and a pair of 1.40 metres (4 ft 7 in) Cullen stones via lantern pinion stone nuts with 25 staves each.