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The Camminghabuurstermolen was built in 1850. In 1943, the mill was equipped with Patent sails of 17.00 metres (55 ft 9 in) span. [1] The mill worked by wind until 1947 when a 12 horsepower (8.9 kW) electric motor driving an Appold turbine replaced the Archimedes' screw.
A list of windmills in the Dutch province of Friesland, locations beginning N-P. N. Location Name of mill Coordinates Type ... 1850: Demolished post-1937.
Molendatabase entry (in Dutch) Beneden-Leeuwen: De Wielewaal: Stellingmolen: 1857 Molendatabase entry (in Dutch) Bergharen: De Verrekijker: Beltmolen: 1904 Molendatabase entry (in Dutch) Beuningen: De Haag: Standerdmolen: 1704 Molendatabase entry (in Dutch) Braamt: Braamse Molen Koenders Môl: Grondzeiler: 1856 Molendatabase entry (in Dutch ...
The Kinderdijk windmills are a group of 19 monumental windmills in the Alblasserwaard polder, in the province of South Holland, Netherlands. Most of the mills are part of the village of Kinderdijk in the municipality of Molenlanden , and one mill, De Blokker , is part of the municipality of Alblasserdam .
The windmills at Kinderdijk in the village of Kinderdijk, Netherlands is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. A windmill is a structure that converts wind power into rotational energy using vanes called sails or blades, by tradition specifically to mill grain (), but in some parts of the English-speaking world, the term has also been extended to encompass windpumps, wind turbines, and other applications.
Molendatabase (in Dutch) Aarlanderveen Molen Nummer 4 De Putmolen: Grondzeiler: 1801 Molendatabase (in Dutch) Abbenbroek: De Hoop: Grondzeiler: 1843 Molendatabase (in Dutch) Achthuizen: Windlust: Stellingmolen: 1852 Molendatabase (in Dutch) Alblasserdam: Kortlandse Molen: Grondzeiler: 1890 Molendatabase (in Dutch) Alblasserdam De Blokweerse ...
The Huizumer en Goutumer Nieuwlandmolen was a grondzeiler which was built in 1850 to drain the Huizumer en Goutumer Nieuland polders, which had a combined area of 350 acres (140 ha). The mill stood about 1 kilometre (1,100 yd) to the south west of Leeuwarden railway station at 53°11′15″N 5°46′00″E / 53.187454°N 5.766711°E ...
The Dutch paltrok mill was invented around 1600 and specifically designed for sawing wood. Several hundred [8] have existed of this type of windmill; however, only five paltrok mills remain in the Netherlands, at Zaanse Schans, Haarlem, Zaandam, Amsterdam and at the Netherlands Open Air Museum, Arnhem. Dutch paltrok mills are, like post ...