De Huisman, Zaandam
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De Huisman is a small octagonal mill
at the Zaanse Schans
in the Zaanstad
, and currently makes mustard
.
'De Huisman' is located on the Zaanse Schanse since 1955, next to the warehouse 'De Haan'. The mill was probably built in 1786 on the Blue Path (now Rue Claude Monet) in Zaandam
. The mill has functioned as a snuff mill (milling tobacco), a mustard mill, and a saw mill. At the Zaanse Schans the mill was converted again into a mustard mill, though it mills the mustard seeds in a modern, not-windoperated way. There are advanced plans for the mill back to traditional mustard and then also to give the public the opportunity to visit the mill. The mill is owned by the Vereniging De Zaansche Molen.
Factory
A factory or manufacturing plant is an industrial building where laborers manufacture goods or supervise machines processing one product into another. Most modern factories have large warehouses or warehouse-like facilities that contain heavy equipment used for assembly line production...
at the Zaanse Schans
Zaanse Schans
Zaanse Schans is a neighbourhood of Zaandam, near Zaandijk in the municipality ofZaanstad in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. It has a collection...
in the Zaanstad
Zaanstad
Zaanstad is a municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Its main town is Zaandam. It is part of the metropolitan area of Amsterdam.-Population centres:...
, and currently makes mustard
Mustard (condiment)
Mustard is a condiment made from the seeds of a mustard plant...
.
'De Huisman' is located on the Zaanse Schanse since 1955, next to the warehouse 'De Haan'. The mill was probably built in 1786 on the Blue Path (now Rue Claude Monet) in Zaandam
Zaandam
Zaandam is a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. It is the main city of the municipality of Zaanstad, and received city rights in 1811...
. The mill has functioned as a snuff mill (milling tobacco), a mustard mill, and a saw mill. At the Zaanse Schans the mill was converted again into a mustard mill, though it mills the mustard seeds in a modern, not-windoperated way. There are advanced plans for the mill back to traditional mustard and then also to give the public the opportunity to visit the mill. The mill is owned by the Vereniging De Zaansche Molen.
See also
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- De Gekroonde Poelenburg, Zaanse Schans
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