RM: 28086 - Torenmolen van Gronsveld - Maastricht
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The Torenmolen van Gronsveld is a tower mill near Gronsveld in the municipally of Maastricht, the Netherlands, which is still in working order. The mill was built in 1623 and is listed as a Rijksmonument, number 28086. It is the most southerly windmill in the Netherlands and the oldest of the province Limburg
Waymark Code: WMZA3Q
Location: Limburg, Netherlands
Date Posted: 10/07/2018
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The torenmolen van Gronsveld is a five storey brick tower mill. The vertical walls up to the stone floor are 1.9 metres (6 ft 3 in) thick and house a spiral staircase and a shaft for the sack hoist. The meal floor has two hearths built into the wall, either one of which could be used depending on the wind direction. The first floor served as a storage room and is supported by a vaulted roof over the entrance on the ground floor. A 3 metres (9 ft 10 in) high mound was thrown up around the mill for the miller to reach the sails.
The mound is supported on the outside by a wall of chalk blocks. The mill is winded by a tailpole and winch with the roofing felt covered cap resting of a dead curb of wooden blocks. The four common sails with Van Bussel leading edges and air brakes have a span of 24.6 metres (80 ft 9 in). They are carried on a cast-iron windshaft which also carries the brake wheel which drives the wallower at the top of the upright shaft. At the bottom of the upright shaft, the great spur wheel drives the one pairs of mill stones of 1.50 metres (4 ft 11 in) diameter via a lantern pinion stone nut
The windmill is open to the public every first and third Saturday of the month.
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