One of these historic windmills is “De Kat,” meaning “The Cat,” which uses wind power to create pigments for paint. The listed building has a rich history; first built between 1646 and 1696, the windmill survived a fire in 1782 and a body rebuild in the 1970s.
Piet Kempennar, the miller at De Kat, has been working with windmills for over 30 years. Every day he stands on the windmill’s platform as millers have done for centuries, looking at the sky and feeling the power of the elements.
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