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Setting up a sawmill seemed the furthest thing from his mind. Yet that was precisely what miller Alfons Beyens ventured into in 1902.
Preetjesmolen
Of the eight flax mills that Heule once had, only Preetjesmolen remains. This flax winding mill was built between 1859 and 1870 on behalf of farmer Ivo Deprez, hence the name Preetjesmolen ("Deprez' Mill").
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