Stephan Neven
Fertilisation
A farmer fertilizes his land in front of windmill 'De Wingerdse Molen' in Bleskensgraaf, a small community near Dordrecht. This mill is a poldermill, used for the polder of Wijngaarden (also small village nearby). Unique about this mill is that it is situated some distance away from the polder it drains, which is not seen very often. It still is able to drain it thanks to a network of little ditches, and bosoms that lead from the polder to the mill.
The mill has a flight of 28,20 metres. The year it was built is unknown, but it is known that the mill was raised 1,30 metres in 1872, and that new wicks were installed in 1935. It was functional until 1973.
Next to this mill two other mills are located: a small windmill 'Het Haantje', used by the millers son as a playing/learning mill. This mill is only 3 metres high. And a 'tjasker mill' that is also able to drain water. A tjasker is a Frysian type of mill, and is very simple looking, but is functional.
Fertilisation
A farmer fertilizes his land in front of windmill 'De Wingerdse Molen' in Bleskensgraaf, a small community near Dordrecht. This mill is a poldermill, used for the polder of Wijngaarden (also small village nearby). Unique about this mill is that it is situated some distance away from the polder it drains, which is not seen very often. It still is able to drain it thanks to a network of little ditches, and bosoms that lead from the polder to the mill.
The mill has a flight of 28,20 metres. The year it was built is unknown, but it is known that the mill was raised 1,30 metres in 1872, and that new wicks were installed in 1935. It was functional until 1973.
Next to this mill two other mills are located: a small windmill 'Het Haantje', used by the millers son as a playing/learning mill. This mill is only 3 metres high. And a 'tjasker mill' that is also able to drain water. A tjasker is a Frysian type of mill, and is very simple looking, but is functional.