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

Cape Town

Location	Name of mill and coordinates	Type	Built	Notes	Photograph
Camp Ground, Cape Town	Clapperton's Mill	Tower	1773	1903
Cape Town	Valkenburg Mill	Tower	1803	1827
Durbanville, Cape Town	Onze Molen 33°49′56″S 18°38′20″E / 33.83222°S 18.63889°E / -33.83222; 18.63889	Tower	c. 1801	Windmill World
Durbanville		Smock	1895
Maitland	Nieuwe Molen 33°55′57″S 18°28′55″E / 33.93250°S 18.48194°E / -33.93250; 18.48194	Tower	1782	Windmill World
Mowbray, Cape Town	Mostert's Mill 33°57′08″S 18°27′58″E / 33.95222°S 18.46611°E / -33.95222; 18.46611	Tower	c. 1796	Windmill World
Pinelands, Cape Town	Oude Molen 33°56′24″S 18°29′23″E / 33.94000°S 18.48972°E / -33.94000; 18.48972	1717		Windmill World
Broekman, Salt River, Cape Town		Tower Mill	1844	1863
Salt River	The Hope Mill	Tower Mill	1844	1863
Woodstock	Pyott's Mill	Tower

Other locations

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 windills