Huizermolen is a post mill in the Netherlands Open Air Museum, Arnhem, Netherlands which was built in 1919 and is in working order.
| Huizermolen, Arnhem | |
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 Huizermolen, November 2009 | |
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| Origin | |
| Mill name | Huizermolen |
| Mill location | Schelmseweg 89, 6816 SJ, Arnhem |
| Coordinates | 52°00′39″N 5°54′38″E / 52.01083°N 5.91056°E |
| Operator(s) | Netherlands Open Air Museum |
| Year built | 1919 |
| Information | |
| Purpose | Corn mill |
| Type | Post mill |
| Roundhouse storeys | Formerly a single storey roundhouse |
| No. of sails | Four sails |
| Type of sails | Common sails |
| Windshaft | Wood |
| Winding | Tailpole and winch |
| No. of pairs of millstones | Two pairs |
| Size of millstones | 1.50 metres (4 ft 11 in) diameter |
History
editThe Huizermolen was built c. 1665 at Huizen. It had a single storey roundhouse there. A beam in the mill bore the date 1758. The mill was dismantled in 1916 and re-erected at the Netherlands Open Air Museum, Arnhem in 1919.[1] It was one of the first buildings to be re-erected at the museum.[2] The mill had a roundhouse at this time.[3] In 1949, the mill was repaired using parts from a mill at Mussel, Groningen that had been demolished in 1943.[1] The trestle from that mill was installed, but the mill was not then in working order.[2] At this restoration, the roundhouse was removed.[3]
The mill was restored in 1975-76 by millwright De Ruiter of Elspeet, Gelderland. This amounted to a complete rebuild of the mill, with only the trestle being retained from the old mill. A new wooden windshaft and sails were fitted. The mill was in need of a new windshaft and sails in 2011. Restoration began in March 2012. The restored mill was set to work on 26 January 2013.
Description
editHuizermolen is what the Dutch describe as a "Standerdmolen". It is an open trestle post mill. The mill is winded by tailpole and winch. The sails are Common sails. They have a span of 22.00 metres (72 ft 2 in). The sails are carried on a wooden windshaft. The windshaft also carries the brake wheel which has 68 teeth. This drives a lantern pinion stone nut which has 14 staves and drives a pair of 1.50 metres (4 ft 11 in) Cullen millstones, the brake wheel from the mill at Mussel being retained.[2] The tail wheel has 68 teeth.[3]
Public access
editHuizermolen is open for external viewing during museum opening times. Access to the mill may generally be gained on Sundays, or whenever the mill is working.[3]
See also
editWindmills in Arnhem
Windmills in the Netherlands Open Air Museum
External links
edit- Openluchtmuseum webpage about the mill (in Dutch)
References
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- ^ a b "Huizermolen, Huizen" (in Dutch). Molendatabase. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
- ^ a b c "Arnhem, Gelderland" (in Dutch). Molendatabase. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
- ^ a b c d "Openluchtmuseum (vh. Huizermolen) te Arnhem, Over de Molen" (in Dutch). De Hollandsche Molen. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 18 October 2014.