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Oleye Watermill and Former Flour Factory
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Claudine en Robert🇧🇪🚴
April 11, 2024
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The Moulin d'Oleye or Moulin Lejeune (after the miller) is a grain water mill on the Geer (Jeker).
He was dependent on the Abbey of Paix-Dieu in Bodegnée. We see him indicated on the Ferraris map of 1775.
The mill was enlarged in 1878 into an industrial flour mill. Gin was distilled in an adjacent building.
Only traces of the interior remain, what remains is a gigantic empty building.
He was dependent on the Abbey of Paix-Dieu in Bodegnée. We see him indicated on the Ferraris map of 1775.
The mill was enlarged in 1878 into an industrial flour mill. Gin was distilled in an adjacent building.
Only traces of the interior remain, what remains is a gigantic empty building.
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September 23, 2023
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The old water mill, bordered by the Geer river, is a special place. Located in a canalized dike with masonry walls from the bridge over the Geer, it was made …
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