The spinnenkop of the
Netherlands Open Air Museum
The Netherlands Open Air Museum () is a national open-air museum located in Arnhem. It focuses on the culture associated with the everyday lives of ordinary people, and demonstrating the old way of life in the Netherlands.
The park was establishe ...
in
Arnhem
Arnhem ( ; ; Central Dutch dialects, Ernems: ''Èrnem'') is a Cities of the Netherlands, city and List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality situated in the eastern part of the Netherlands, near the German border. It is the capita ...
is a small drainage mill originally located near
Gorredijk,
Friesland
Friesland ( ; ; official ), historically and traditionally known as Frisia (), named after the Frisians, is a Provinces of the Netherlands, province of the Netherlands located in the country's northern part. It is situated west of Groningen (p ...
,
Netherlands
, Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...
. It is a hollow post windmill that has been restored to working order.
History
The mill was built around 1800 and later moved to Gorredijk. Next to draining the polder it got a secondary use from 1886 onwards to inundate the local ice skating ring. It was named ''Molen van Posthuman'' after its owner or named after the polder it drained called ''Mountsjelân'' (English: little mill land). In 1922 it became superfluous when a kerosene-engine powered pumping station was built. The mill was then dismantled and given to the Dutch Open Air Museum where it was rebuilt in 1925.
Description
The ''spinnenkop'' (English: spiderhead mill) of the Netherlands Open Air Museum is a small hollow post mill winded by a winch. The mill has common sails. The wooden stocks have a span of and and are carried on a wooden ''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 is the ''crown wheel'' which drives the wooden
Archimedes' screw
The Archimedes' screw, also known as the Archimedean screw, hydrodynamic screw, water screw or Egyptian screw, is one of the earliest documented hydraulic machines. It was so-named after the Greek mathematician Archimedes who first described it ...
. The body (called head on a spinnenkop) and substructure are weatherboarded.
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Though fully operational the windmill can rarely be used to pump water because of its current sheltered location.][
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Public access
The mill can be approached closely during opening hours of the museum.[
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See also
Windmills in Arnhem
* De Hoop
* De Kroon
Windmills in the Netherlands Open Air Museum
* Boktjasjker
* Het Fortuyn
* Huizermolen
* Mijn Genoegen
*Arnhem post mill (1946)
A hollow post mill at the Netherlands Open Air Museum, Arnhem, Gelderland, Netherlands was originally built at Gouda, South Holland, Netherlands. It was dismantled in 1946 and re-erected at the museum. The mill has been restored to working order ...
*Arnhem post mill (1989)
A hollow post mill at the Netherlands Open Air Museum, Arnhem, Gelderland, Netherlands was originally built at Wormer, North Holland, Netherlands. During World War I, it was moved to Langweer, Friesland. It was dismantled in 1960 and re-erected ...
*Arnhem smock mill (1960)
The smock mill at the Netherlands Open Air Museum, Arnhem, Gelderland, Netherlands was originally built at Noordlaren, Groningen, Netherlands in 1862. It was dismantled in 1953 and re-erected at the museum in 1960. The mill has been restored to w ...
References
External links
Spinnenkop in the Dutch Open Air Museum
{{Dutch Windmills
Windmills in Gelderland
Hollow post mills in the Netherlands
Windmills completed in 1925
Museums in Arnhem