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De Beintemapoldermolen, Westergeest

Index De Beintemapoldermolen, Westergeest

De Beintemapoldermolen is a smock mill in Westergeest, Friesland, Netherlands which was built in 1870 and has been restored to working order. [1]

15 relations: Archimedes' screw, Burdaard, Cast iron, Friesland, Leeuwarden, Millwright, Municipality, Netherlands, Rijksmonument, Smock mill, Stichting De Fryske Mole, Thatching, Westergeest, Windmill sail, Windpump.

Archimedes' screw

An Archimedes' screw, also known by the name the Archimedean screw or screw pump, is a machine historically (and also currently) used for transferring water from a low-lying body of water into irrigation ditches.

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Burdaard

Burdaard (Birdaard) is a small village in Ferwerderadiel in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands.

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Cast iron

Cast iron is a group of iron-carbon alloys with a carbon content greater than 2%.

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Friesland

Friesland (official, Fryslân), also historically known as Frisia, is a province of the Netherlands located in the northern part of the country.

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Leeuwarden

Leeuwarden (longname), Stadsfries: Liwwadden) is a city and municipality in Friesland in the Netherlands. It is the provincial capital and seat of the States of Friesland. The municipality has a population of 122,293. The region has been continuously inhabited since the 10th century. It came to be known as Leeuwarden in the early 9th century AD and was granted city privileges in 1435. It is the main economic hub of Friesland, situated in a green and water-rich environment. Leeuwarden is a former royal residence and has a historic city center, many historically relevant buildings, and a large shopping center with squares and restaurants. Leeuwarden was awarded the title European Capital of Culture for 2018. The Elfstedentocht (Eleven Cities Tour), an ice skating tour passing the eleven cities of Friesland, started and finished in Leeuwarden. The following towns and villages within the municipality have populations in excess of 1,000 people: Leeuwarden, Stiens, Grou, Goutum, Wergea, Jirnsum, Reduzum, and Wirdum. The municipality is governed by the mayor Ferd Crone and a coalition of the Labour Party, Christian Democratic Appeal, and GreenLeft.

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Millwright

A millwright is a high precision craftsman or tradesman who installs, dismantles, repairs, reassembles, and moves machinery in factories, power plants, and construction sites.

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Municipality

A municipality is usually a single urban or administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and state laws to which it is subordinate.

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Netherlands

The Netherlands (Nederland), often referred to as Holland, is a country located mostly in Western Europe with a population of seventeen million.

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Rijksmonument

A rijksmonument is a national heritage site of the Netherlands, listed by the agency Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed (RCE) acting for the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science.

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Smock mill

The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded or thatched tower, usually with six or eight sides.

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Stichting De Fryske Mole

The Stichting De Fryske Mole (Frisian Mills Foundation) is a foundation for preservation of windmills in the Dutch province Friesland, owning 42 of the 124 windmills in Friesland and closely cooperating with the Gild Fryske Mounders with whom it publishes a quarterly magazine De Utskoat.

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Thatching

Thatching is the craft of building a roof with dry vegetation such as straw, water reed, sedge (Cladium mariscus), rushes, heather, or palm fronds, layering the vegetation so as to shed water away from the inner roof.

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Westergeest

Westergeest (Westergeast) (Low Saxon: Westergaist) is a village in Kollumerland c.a. in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands.

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Windmill sail

Windmills are powered by their sails.

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Windpump

A windpump is a type of windmill which is used for pumping water.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Beintemapoldermolen,_Westergeest

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