Johanna, Culemborg

Johanna, Culemborg
The mill in January 2009
Origin
Mill name	Johanna De Korenbloem De Molen van Schennink
Mill location	Prijsseweg 2, 4105 LE, Culemborg
Coordinates	51°57′00″N5°12′59″E / 51.95000°N 5.21639°E / 51.95000; 5.21639 Coordinates: 51°57′00″N5°12′59″E / 51.95000°N 5.21639°E / 51.95000; 5.21639
Operator(s)	Stichting Elisabeth Weeshuis
Year built	1888
Information
Purpose	Corn mill
Type	Tower mill
Storeys	Three storeys
No. of sails	Four sails
Type of sails	Common sails
Windshaft	cast iron
Winding	Tailpole and winch
No. of pairs of millstones	One pair
Size of millstones	1.40 metres (4 ft 7 in) diameter

Johanna, De Korenbloem (English: The Cornflower) or De Molen van Schennink is a tower mill in Culemborg, Gelderland, Netherlands which was built in 1888 and has been restored to working order. The mill is listed as a Rijksmonument.

History

The first mill on this site was a smock mill which was built in 1878 for Pieter Jan and Jan Pieter de Heus. It burnt down on 15 February 1888. ^[1] Johanna was built to replace it. It was then known as De Korenbloem. The cap and machinery from a demolished drainage mill at Kortgerecht, Gelderland were used. In 1921, the mill was bought by J Schennink. Restorations were carried out in 1943, 1954, 1975-76 and 1993. ^[2] In 1943, the mill was renamed Johanna. ^[3] From 1943-76, the sails were fitted with the Van Bussel system on their leading edges. Johanna remained in the ownership of the Schennink family until 2012, when it was sold to the Stichting Elisabeth Weeshuis. It is listed as a Rijksmonument, № 11580. ^[2]

Description

For an explanation of the various items of machinery, see Mill machinery.

Johanna is what the Dutch call a "Grondzeiler". It is a three storey tower mill. There is no stage, the sails reaching almost down to ground level. The cap is covered in dakleer. Winding is by tailpole and winch. The sails are Common sails. They have a span of 25.50 metres (83 ft 8 in). They are carried on a cast iron windshaft, ^[2] which was cast by the Penn & Compagnie, Dordrecht, South Holland in 1864. ^[3] The windshaft also carries the brake wheel, which has 68 cogs. This drives a lantern pinion wallower with 29 staves, which is situated at the top of the upright shaft. At the bottom of the upright shaft is the great spur wheel, which has 66 cogs. This drives a pair of 1.40 metres (4 ft 7 in) diameter millstones via a lantern pinion stone nut with 23 staves. The millstones consist a French Burr runner stone and a Cullen bedstone. ^[2]

Public access

Johanna is open on Thursday and Saturday from 10:00 to 16:00, or if a blue pennant is flying. ^[4]

References

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Dutch Rijksmonument 11580

1. "Molen van De Heus, Culemborg" (in Dutch). Molendatabase. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
2. "Culemborg, Gelderland" (in Dutch). Molendatabase. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
3. "Johanna te Culemborg, Over de Molen" (in Dutch). De Hollandsche Molen. Archived from the original on 7 November 2014. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
4. "Molen" (in Dutch). Stichting Elisabeth Weeshuis. Retrieved 7 November 2014.