Technical details

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Type :                  8-sided ground-sailor

Function :            wheat mill

Interior : 1pair of millstones

Sail span : 23.70 metres

Sail system : “Oud-Hollands”(old Dutch)

Stocks : Straathof, welded iron, 1998

Inside stock : 23.60 m., number 121

Outside stock : 23.70 m., number 122

Wind shaft : Fabr.Boddaert & Co. at Middelburg Legend: not visible, length 4.45 m.

 

Brake : Flemish block brake, brake lever and catch

 

Specifications

Break wheel : 58 teeth, pitch 11.43 cm., Ø 2,33m.

Upper staves wheel : 23 staves

Spur wheel : 64 teeth, Ø 1.80 m

Stone staves wheel : 21 staves

Transmission ratio : 1 : 7.685

 

Luffing gear : English luffing gear, Capstan wheel

 

Biotope : In danger

 

Millstones : pair 17’er artificial stones (concrete)

 

Hoist : conic hoist