De Verrekijker, Bergharen

De Verrekijker, Bergharen

The mill in September 2010
Origin
Mill name De Verrekijker
Mill location Molenweg 53, 6617 BC, Bergharen
51°51′20″N 5°40′30″E / 51.85556°N 5.67500°E / 51.85556; 5.67500
Operator(s) Private
Year built 1904
Information
Purpose Corn mill
Type Tower mill
Storeys Three storeys
Number of sails Four sails
Type of sails Common sails
Windshaft cast iron
Winding Tailpole and winch

De Verrekijker (English: The Spyglass) is a tower mill in Bergharen, Gelderland, Netherlands which was built in 1904 and has been converted to a holiday cottage. The mill is listed as a Rijksmonument.

History

There was a post mill on this site in 1313, when it was sold to the Cistercians of Alten Camp, near Xanten (now in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany). A post mill was struck by lightning and destroyed on 31 December 1486. It was replaced by a new mill.[1] The mill immediately preceding the current mill was a post mill that was struck by lightning in 1903 and destroyed,[2] but not by fire; the damage done rendered the mill beyond repair.[1]

De Verrekijker was built in 1904 by millwright Willem Coppes of Bergharen. In 1962, the mill was stripped of its machinery and converted to a holiday cottage. The mill can turn in the wind. It is listed as a Rijksmonument, № 9303.[1]

Description

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

De Verrekijker is what the Dutch call a "Beltmolen". It is a three storey tower mill built on a mound.[1] The cap is covered n dakleer.[3] Winding is by tailpole and winch. The sails are Common sails, which have a span of 25.10 metres (82 ft 4 in). They are carried on a cast iron windshaft which was cast by Merckx in 1897. The windshaft also carries the brake wheel, which has 86 cogs. No other machinery remains.[1]

References

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Dutch Rijksmonument 9303
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Bergharen, Gelderland" (in Dutch). Molendatabase. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
  2. "De Verrekijker 2e voorganger, Bergharen" (in Dutch). Molendatabase. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
  3. Stenvert, Ronald. "Bergharen (gemeente Wijchen)" (in Dutch). Digitale Bibliotheek voor de Nederlandse Letteren. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
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