Roekmole is a hollow post mill in nature reserve ''It Eilân'' in
Goëngahuizen,
Friesland
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Netherlands
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. It was moved there from polder ''Krieke'' near
Aldeboarn and has been restored to working order. The mill is listed as a
Rijksmonument, number 35972.
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History
The earliest record of a mill on the previous site was on a map published by W Eekhorn in 1849.
The current mill was built in 1896
[ and drained polder ''Krieke''.
The mill is recorded as having been restored in 1960 and again in 1976, however it spent most of the 1980s and 1990s without sails. In 2009 it was moved to its current location and restoration to working order was finished in 2011.]
Description
The ''Roekmolen'' is what the Dutch describe as a "spinnenkopmolen". It is a hollow post mill with a single storey square roundhouse. The roundhouse and body of the mill are covered with weatherboards. These are horizontal on the roof and vertical on the roundhouse and body. The mill is winded by a winch. The four Common sails had a span of .[ They are carried in a wooden ''windshaft''. The mill drives an ]Archimedes' screw
The Archimedes screw, also known as the Archimedean screw, hydrodynamic screw, water screw or Egyptian screw, is one of the earliest hydraulic machines. Using Archimedes screws as water pumps (Archimedes screw pump (ASP) or screw pump) dates back ...
to drain the adjacent polder.
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Buildings and structures completed in 1896
Windmills in Friesland
Hollow post mills in the Netherlands
Rijksmonuments in Friesland
Windmills completed in 2009