De Kleilânsmole, Marrum

De Kleilânsmole, Marrum
De Kleilânsmole, August 2007.
Origin
Mill name	De Kleilânsmole
Mill location	Hoge Herenweg nabij nr. 14, 9073 TT Marrum
Coordinates	53°19′22″N 5°46′41″E / 53.3228°N 5.7781°E / 53.3228; 5.7781Coordinates: 53°19′22″N 5°46′41″E / 53.3228°N 5.7781°E / 53.3228; 5.7781
Operator(s)	Stichting De Fryske Mole
Year built	1865
Information
Purpose	Drainage mill
Type	Smock mill
Storeys	Two storey smock
Base storeys	Single storey base
Number of sails	Four sails
Type of sails	Common sails
Windshaft	Cast iron
Winding	Tailpole and winch
Auxiliary power	Electric motor
Type of pump	Archimedes screw
Year lost	2010

De Kleilânsmole was a smock mill which formerly stood in Marrum, Friesland, Netherlands and which was built in 1865 and dismantled in 2010. The mill had been restored as a landmark. The mill was listed as a Rijksmonument, number 15597.^[1]

History

De Kleilânsmole was built in 1865 to drain the 2,100 pondemaat (770 ha; 1,900 acres) De Traan polder.^[2][3] Until 1947, there were two Archimedes screw, enabling the mill to drain and fill its polder. These were replaced by an electrically driven pump. The mill was restored in 1974 and on 4 May 1976, the mill was sold to Stichting De Fryske Mole (English: Frisian Mills Society).^[2] It is planned to move De Kleilânsmole to Ferwerd to replace De Non (English: The Nun), which burnt down in 1990. At Ferwerd, the mill will be restored to full working order.^[3] In 2010, the mill was dismantled by Bouwbedrijf Kolthof, Marrum and is currently at the millwright's workshop where it is being restored.^[4]

Description

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

Kleilânsmole was what the Dutch describe as a Grondzeiler. It was a two storey smock mill on a single storey base. There was no stage, the sails reaching almost to ground level. The mill was winded by tailpole and winch. The smock and cap were thatched. The sails were Common sails.^[2] They had a span of 12.70 metres (41 ft 8 in).^[1] The sails were carried on a cast iron windshaft. which was cast by H J Koning, Foxham, Groningen in 1908. The mill was latterly devoid of machinery. The Archimedes screw formerly fitted to the mill lifted 542 litres (119 imp gal) of water per revolution.^[2]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "De Kleilânsmole te Marrum, Technische gegevens" (in Dutch). De Hollandsche Molen. http://www.molens.nl/site/dbase/molen.php?pagina=gegevens&molenid=849&toonoverzicht=1. Retrieved 15 May 2010. 
2. ^ ^{a b c d} Stichting De Fryske Mole (1995) (in Dutch). Friese Molens. Leeuwarden: Friese Pers Boekerij bv. pp. 135–36, 259. ISBN 90 330 1522 6. 
3. ^ ^{a b} "De Kleilânsmole te Marrum, Geschiedenis" (in Dutch). De Hollandsche Molen. http://www.molens.nl/site/dbase/molen.php?pagina=geschiedenis&molenid=849&toonoverzicht=1. Retrieved 7 May 2010. 
4. ^ "Marrum, Fryslân" (in Dutch). Molendatabase. http://www.molendatabase.nl/nederland/molen.php?nummer=99. Retrieved 15 May 2010.