Slagdijkstermolen is a smock mill

Smock mill

The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind...

 in Finkum

Finkum

Finkum is a small village in Leeuwarderadeel in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and has around the 160 citizens . There is a restored windmill, the Slagdijkstermolen....

, 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

Netherlands

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 which has been restored to working order. 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 24540.

History

Slagdijkstermolen was built in 1864. It drained the Slagdijksterpolder, which was 1350 pondemaat in extent. In 1931, a diesel engine was placed in the mill and a new Archimedes screw fitted. The sails were removed in 1938, and the cap was removed in 1952.

In the 1980s, plans were made to restore the mill. The Slagdijkstermolen was sold to Stichting de Fryske Mole (English: Frisian Mills Society) on 17 December 1985. In 2006-07, the mill was restored with €60,000

Euro

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 being granted by the province of Friesland towards the costs. The new cap was fitted on the mill on 20 September 2007. The restoration incorporated parts from the Cammingha-Buurstermolen

Cammingha-Buurstermolen, Leeuwarden

Cammingha-Buurstermolen was a smock mill in Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands which was built in 1850. The restored mill was burnt out in an arson attack in 1994, and the remains were finally demolished in 2000.-History:...

, Leeuwarden which had burnt down. The mill was officially opened in May 2009. The mill forms a pair with the nearby Balkendsterpoldermolen, Oud Leije.

Description

Slagdijkstermolen is what the Dutch describe as an achtkante grondzeiler - a smock mill whose sails reach almost to the ground. It is a two storey smock mill on a single storey base. The mill is winded by tailpole and winch. The smock and cap are thatched. The sails are Common sails. They have a span of 18 metre. The sails are carried on a cast iron windshaft. The axle of the Archimedes screw is 525 millimetres (20¾ inches) diameter and the screw is 1.49 metre diameter. The screw is inclined at 26½°. Each revolution of the screw lifts 722 litres (158.8 imp gal) of water.