Poldermolen (Noordlaren); Mill - Open Air Museum
1,000 litres of water pumped every second to keep the polder dry
This was one of the ‘big guns’ used in the battle against water. It is an improved version of earlier drainage mills and uses an Archimedean screw instead of a water wheel, enabling it to transfer around 60,000 litres of water a minute. Over its many decades of service this mill pumped trillions of litres of water from the Oostpolder in Groningen into a lake, the Zuidlaardermeer. At the back of the rotating cap is the fantail, which ensures that the mill turned to face into the wind. The mill’s brake is located inside the cap. This was operated from the outside by means of the rope hanging next to the fantail. In 1939 an electric pumping station took over the work of this mill. The mill was dismantled in 1953 and reconstructed at the museum a few years later.
Poldermolen (Noordlaren); Mill - Open Air Museum
1,000 litres of water pumped every second to keep the polder dry
This was one of the ‘big guns’ used in the battle against water. It is an improved version of earlier drainage mills and uses an Archimedean screw instead of a water wheel, enabling it to transfer around 60,000 litres of water a minute. Over its many decades of service this mill pumped trillions of litres of water from the Oostpolder in Groningen into a lake, the Zuidlaardermeer. At the back of the rotating cap is the fantail, which ensures that the mill turned to face into the wind. The mill’s brake is located inside the cap. This was operated from the outside by means of the rope hanging next to the fantail. In 1939 an electric pumping station took over the work of this mill. The mill was dismantled in 1953 and reconstructed at the museum a few years later.