De Himriksmole, Tytsjerk
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Himriksmole in 2008
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| Mill name | Himriksmole |
| Mill location | Recreational area between Leeuwarden and Tytsjerk Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Operator(s) | Gemeente Leeuwarden |
| Year built | ca 1860, rebuild 1996 |
| Information | |
| Purpose | Drainage mill |
| Type | Hollow post |
| Roundhouse storeys | Single storey roundhouse |
| Number of sails | Four sails |
| Type of sails | Common sails |
| Windshaft | Wood |
| Winding | Tailpole and winch |
| Type of pump | Archimedes' screw |
Himriksmole, also known as Groene Ster after the recreational area and nature reserve where it is located, is a drainage mill near the village of Tytsjerk, Friesland, Netherlands. It is a hollow post windmill of the type called "spinnenkop" by the Dutch. The mill is listed as a Rijksmonument, number 35675 and is used to raise the water level in the nature reserve.[1][2]
History
The mill was originally build for draining the Hemrikspolder near Huizum, for which parts of an 18th-century mill from Wergea were used. It was replaced by an electric pumping station and moved to Rijperkerk in 1952 and to its current location in 1977 where it got a new function to supply water to the nature reserve.[3] The mill was destroyed by arson in 1995 but rebuilt the following year.[2]
Description
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Himriksmole is wat the Dutch describe as a spinnenkop (English: spiderhead mill). It is a small hollow post mill winded by a winch. The four common sails have a span of 11 metres (36 ft 1 in) and are carried on a cast iron windshaft. The brake wheel on the windshaft drives the wallower at the top of the upright shaft in the body (called head on a spinnenkop), which passed through the main post into the substructure. At the bottom of the upright shaft, a pair of crown wheels drive the scoop wheel axle. The Scoop wheel itself is located outside the mill. It is the only drainage mill with a scoop wheel in Friesland, other Frisian drainage mills use an Archimedes' screw.[2] The head and substructure are weatherboarded.
Public access
The mill is easily reached from the public footpath running past the mill.
References
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