The windmill was apparently erected around 1940. Like most windmills still around, it was electrified by a prior farm owner, with a motor installed on the pump down in the well to pull water from ...

“It represents easily 150 years of windmill history and farm culture,” Kregel Windmill Factory Museum Executive Directory Issiaih Yott said. “You have windmills here both made of wood and steel.

The opening of the Dutch Dream Windmill is a milestone in the Holland Ridge Farm’s efforts to create an iconic, family-friendly destination to experience Dutch heritage.