Moulin Gustot, Historic windmill in Opprebais, Belgium.
Moulin Gustot is a windmill in Incourt with white brick walls and a conical structure topped by a rotating cap mechanism. The building stands about 13 meters tall, and its adjustable cap at the peak allows the blades to turn with the wind.
The structure was first built in wood in 1826 and then rebuilt in brick by the Gustot brothers in 1850. It operated as a working mill until 1927 when production stopped.
Since 2002 the mill has hosted the Fête du pain in June, a bread festival held on the plateau around the tower, interrupted only by the restoration that followed the 2012 storm. The event ties the building to the milling of grain that ended here in 1927.
The building was extensively restored between 1995 and 1998 and received new galvanized steel blades from the Netherlands after storm damage in 2012. When visiting, note that the mill sits in the village center and is best explored on foot.
The mill's four sails were torn off by a storm in January 2012, along with damage to the cap and mechanism. It took 15 months before new galvanized steel sails arrived from the Netherlands. The mill was listed as a Walloon monument on 4 February 2014.
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