Molen Hoogland is a Hollow Post mill in Goutum

Goutum

Goutum is a village in the Gemeente Leeuwarden in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and has around the 2,630 citizens. There are two windmills in Goutum, Kramersmolen and Molen Hoogland.-Notable buildings:* The Protestant church of Goutum...

, Friesland

Friesland

Friesland is a province in the north of the Netherlands and part of the ancient region of Frisia.Until the end of 1996, the province bore Friesland as its official name. In 1997 this Dutch name lost its official status to the Frisian Fryslân...

, Netherlands which was built in 2004. The mill is listed as a Rijksmonument

Rijksmonument

A rijksmonument is a National Heritage Site of the Netherlands, listed by the agency Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed acting for the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science.-History and criteria:...

, number 24521.

History

The mill was originally built in the C18th at Wirdum

Wirdum (Netherlands)

Wirdum is a small village in Leeuwarden in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and has around 1236 citizens .-References:...

 to drain the Wirdumer Nieuwland polder, forming a pair with the Kramersmolen

Kramersmolen, Goutum

Kramersmolen is a Hollow Post mill in Goutum, Friesland, Netherlands which was built in 2002. The mill is listed as a Rijksmonument, number 24508.-History:...

. The mill was restored in 1971. The mill was restored in 1968-69. On 23 October 1986, the mill was sold to Stichting de Fryske Mole (Frisian Mills Society). In 1995, it was moved to Zwette, along with Kramersmolen. On 21 April 1999, the mill was burnt down. The cause was probably arson

Arson

Arson is the crime of intentionally or maliciously setting fire to structures or wildland areas. It may be distinguished from other causes such as spontaneous combustion and natural wildfires...

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A new site was sought at Goutum. The restored mill was officially opened in 2003.

Description

Molen Hoogland is what the Dutch describe as an spinnenkop. It is a hollow post mill on a single storey square roundhouse. The mill is winded by tailpole and winch. The roundhouse and mill body are covered in vertical boards, while the roof of the mill is boarded horizontally. The sails are Common sails. They have a span of 9.24 metre. The sails are carried on a wooden windshaft. The windshaft also carries the brake wheel which has 33 cogs. This drives the wallower (19 cogs) at the top of the upright shaft. At the bottom of the upright shaft, the crown wheel, which has 28 cogs drives a gearwheel with 27 cogs on the axle of the Archimedes screw. The axle of the Archimedes screw is 200 millimetre diameter. The screw is 740 millimetre diameter and 3.51 metre long. It is inclined at 25°. Each revolution of the screw lifts 92 litres (20.2 imp gal) of water.