Huizermolen, Arnhem

Huizermolen, Arnhem
Huizermolen, Arnhem
	Huizermolen, November 2009
Origin
Mill name	Huizermolen
Mill location	Schelmseweg 89, 6816 SJ, Arnhem
Coordinates	52°00′39″N5°54′38″E / 52.01083°N 5.91056°E Coordinates: 52°00′39″N5°54′38″E / 52.01083°N 5.91056°E
Operator(s)	Netherlands Open Air Museum
Year built	1919
Information
Purpose	Corn mill
Type	Post mill
Roundhouse storeys	Formerly a single storey roundhouse
No. of sails	Four sails
Type of sails	Common sails
Windshaft	Wood
Winding	Tailpole and winch
No. of pairs of millstones	Two pairs
Size of millstones	1.50 metres (4 ft 11 in) diameter

Last updated May 29, 2022

Huizermolenis a post mill in the Netherlands Open Air Museum, Arnhem, Netherlands which was built in 1919 and is in working order.

History

The Huizermolen was built c. 1665 at Huizen. It had a single storey roundhouse there. A beam in the mill bore the date 1758. The mill was dismantled in 1916 and re-erected at the Netherlands Open Air Museum, Arnhem in 1919.^[1] It was one of the first buildings to be re-erected at the museum.^[2] The mill had a roundhouse at this time.^[3] In 1949, the mill was repaired using parts from a mill at Mussel, Groningen that had been demolished in 1943.^[1] The trestle from that mill was installed, but the mill was not then in working order.^[2] At this restoration, the roundhouse was removed.^[3]

The mill was restored in 1975-76 by millwright De Ruiter of Elspeet, Gelderland. This amounted to a complete rebuild of the mill, with only the trestle being retained from the old mill. A new wooden windshaft and sails were fitted. The mill was in need of a new windshaft and sails in 2011. Restoration began in March 2012. The restored mill was set to work on 26 January 2013.

Description

Huizermolen is what the Dutch describe as a "Standerdmolen". It is an open trestle post mill. The mill is winded by tailpole and winch. The sails are Common sails. They have a span of 22.00 metres (72 ft 2 in). The sails are carried on a wooden windshaft. The windshaft also carries the brake wheel which has 68 teeth. This drives a lantern pinion stone nut which has 14 staves and drives a pair of 1.50 metres (4 ft 11 in) Cullen millstones, the brake wheel from the mill at Mussel being retained.^[2] The tail wheel has 68 teeth.^[3]

Public access

Huizermolen is open for external viewing during museum opening times. Access to the mill may generally be gained on Sundays, or whenever the mill is working.^[3]

External links

Openluchtmuseum webpage about the mill (in Dutch)

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References

1 2 "Huizermolen, Huizen" (in Dutch). Molendatabase. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
1 2 3 "Arnhem, Gelderland" (in Dutch). Molendatabase. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
1 2 3 4 "Openluchtmuseum (vh. Huizermolen) te Arnhem, Over de Molen" (in Dutch). De Hollandsche Molen. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 18 October 2014.

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[Huizen-1] 1 2 "Huizermolen, Huizen" (in Dutch). Molendatabase. Retrieved 19 October 2014.

[Data-2] 1 2 3 "Arnhem, Gelderland" (in Dutch). Molendatabase. Retrieved 19 October 2014.

[Over-3] 1 2 3 4 "Openluchtmuseum (vh. Huizermolen) te Arnhem, Over de Molen" (in Dutch). De Hollandsche Molen. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 18 October 2014.

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