List of windmills in South Africa

A list of windmills in South Africa.

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Extant windmills in South Africa.
1 location of Cape Town - see individual map. 2 De Molen, Edenvale.

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Windmills in Cape Town.
1 Nieuwe Molen. 2 Onze Molen. 3 Mostert's Mill. 4 Oude Molen

Locations

Western Cape

Location	Name of mill and coordinates	Type	Built	Notes	Photograph
Maitland, Cape Town	Nieuwe Molen 33°55′57″S 18°28′55″E / 33.93250°S 18.48194°E	Tower	1782	Windmill World
Mowbray, Cape Town	Mostert's Mill 33°57′08″S 18°27′58″E / 33.95222°S 18.46611°E	Tower	c. 1796	Windmill World
Durbanville, Cape Town	Onze Molen 33°49′56″S 18°38′20″E / 33.83222°S 18.63889°E	Tower	c. 1801	Windmill World
Pinelands, Cape Town	Oude Molen 33°56′24″S 18°29′23″E / 33.94000°S 18.48972°E		1717	Windmill World
Woodstock, Cape Town	Pyott's Mill	Tower
Durbanville, Cape Town	Angus Mill	Smock	1895		Demolished
Mowbray, Cape Town	Onderneming Mill	Tower	1849		Demolished
Mowbray, Cape Town	Clapperton's Mill	Tower	1770	1903	Demolished
Mowbray, Cape Town	Valkenburg Mill	Tower	1803	1827	Demolished
Salt River, Cape Town	The Hope Mill	Tower	1844	1863	Demolished
Salt River, Cape Town	Salt River Mill	Tower	1844	1863	Demolished
Salt River, Cape Town	Broekman Mill (Welvergenoegd)	Tower	1844	1863	Demolished
Salt River, Cape Town	Twistwyk Dur Mill	Tower			Demolished
Salt River, Cape Town	Groot Zoor Mill (Dwars in die Weg)	Tower			Demolished
Paarl	Agter Paarl Mill	Tower	1884		Demolished
Bredasdorp	Bredasdorp Mill	Tower			Demolished
Saldanha	Brinks Mill	Post	1848		Demolished
Malmesbury	Dassenberg Mill	Tower	1843		Demolished
Clanwilliam	Ebenezer Mill (Olifants River)	Post	1845	Missionary Station	Demolished
Humansdorp	Humansdorp Mill	Tower			Demolished
Mossel Bay	Mossel Bay Mill	Tower			Demolished

Other locations

Location	Name of mill and coordinates	Type	Built	Notes	Photograph
Alexandria	Whitney Mill	Smock	1856	1942 Restored	Demolished 1974
Bathurst	Bathurst Mill		1830
Bathurst	(2nd mill)		1830	1855
Bathurst	(3rd mill)		1840	1855
Bathurst	(4th mill)		1855	1855
Bonnie Doon, Somerset West	Bonnie Doon Windpump	tower	1974
Bredasdorp		Smock	1849	1908, demolished by 1912
Clumber			1860	1870
Clumber	(2nd mill)		1860	1870
Cradock	Frederick Korsten's Mill	tower	1812	1860
Edenvale	De Molen 26°08′48″S 28°09′17″E / 26.14667°S 28.15472°E	Smock	¾ scale replica of Zeldenrust, Westerwijtwerd, Groningen, Netherlands.	Windmill World
Grahamstown	Heath's Mill	Post mill	1817	1843
Grahamstown	Richardson's Mill		1830	1876
Grahamstown	(3rd mill)		1850	1855
Grahamstown	(4th mill)		1850	1855
Grahamstown	(5th mill)		1855	1855
Kaffir Drift			1830	1835
Port Frances			1830	1835
Salem			1845	1855
Sidbury			1845	1855
Southwell			1860	1870
Southwell	(2nd mill)		1860	1870
Trappes Valley			1835	1835
Winterberg			1840	1845
Winterberg	(2nd mill)		1845	1845

Notes

Known building dates are in bold text. Non-bold text denotes first known date. Dates in "Notes" column is last known date the mill was in existence unless otherwise stated. One of the Salt River windmills was standing in 1844, and one of them was standing c. 1896.

References

The reference for all entries is Walton, James (1974). Water-mills windmills and horse mills of South Africa. Cape Town and Johannesburg: C Struik. ISBN 0-86977-040-3. unless otherwise stated.

See also

• Windmill World webpage on South Africa's windmills