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How the mill works

For tours, please contact us trough: vriendenvandemolen1659@gmail.com

Group visits are available Mo-Su.

Click here for our rates. 

Should you want to study the drawing in detail,  you can download it here.

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In detail

  1. Shaft
  2. Filler blocks (old wooden stock)
  3. Hemlath
  4. Inner stock
  5. Shutters
  6. Outer stock
  7. Shaft head
  8. Thrust beam
  9. Neck bearing
  10. Beard
  11. Sheers
  12. Seam wood
  13. Upper side girts
  14. Front beam of cap
  15. Frontal cap yoke
  16. Brake wheel
  17. Brake
  18. Steel beam
  19. Wallower
  20. Wind shaft
  21. Catch
  22. Sabel iron 
  23. Easel
  24. Brake hook
  25. Rigger
  26. Catch pole
  27. Catch rope
  28. Tail bearing
  29. Tail beam
  30. Cap piece
  31. Tail Pole
  32. Hind beam of cap
  33. Support beam tail pole
  34. Capstan
  35. Casing
  36. Trolley Wheels
  37. Curb
  38. Mill torso
  39. Hoist shaft
  40. Hoist wheel
  41. Hoist table
  42. Great spur wheel
  43. Stone nut
  44. Quant
  45. Stone crane
  46. Rynd
  47. Hopper
  48. Grain hopper
  49. Grain shoe
  50. Casing
  51. Runner stone
  52. Bedstone
  53. Mace
  54. Stone spindle
  55. Support beam
  56. Strut
  57. Chute / meal spout
  58. Meal floor
  59. Governor
  60. Gallery fence
  61. Gallery floor
  62. Outer seal
  63. Gallery support
  64. Staircase from entrance to first floor
  65. Original floor level first floor
  66. Quay wall

Contact

Owner of the mill:
Vereniging De Hollandsche Molen
Zeeburgerdijk 139
1095 AA  Amsterdam
E-mail of te mill:
vriendenvandemolen1659@gmail.com

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