De Lytse Geast, Tytsjerk

De Lytse Geast, Tytsjerk

De Lytse Geast, April 2010.
Origin
Mill name De Lytse Geast
De Swarte Prinsch
Ouddeelsmolen
Mill location Alddiel 4a, 9255 DG, Tytsjerk
53°12′00″N 5°52′02″E / 53.20000°N 5.86722°E / 53.20000; 5.86722
Operator(s) Private
Year built 1900
Information
Purpose Drainage mill
Type Smock mill
Storeys One storey smock
Base storeys One storey base
Smock sides Eight sides
Number of sails Four sails
Type of sails Common sails
Winding Tailpole and winch
Type of pump Archimedes' screw

De Lytse Geast (English: The Little Ghost), De Swarte Prinsch (English: The Black Prince) or Ouddeelsmolen is a smock mill in Tytsjerk, Friesland, Netherlands which was built in 1900 and has been converted to a holiday cottage. Restored so that it can turn in the wind, it is listed as a Rijksmonument.

History

A mill was built on this site in 1832.[1] De Lytse Geast was built in 1900 by millwrights Sipke Jelles and Jelle Sipkes Lenstra of Wolvega, Friesland. It was built to drain the Ouddeel polder.[2] It worked until 1963,[3] latterly with Patent sails. Now converted to holiday accommodation,[2] it was restored in 1994 by Aannemingsbedrijf Thijs Jellema of Burdaard, Friesland. New sails were fitted.[4] It is listed as a Rijksmonument, №35688.[2]

Description

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

De Lytse Geast is what the Dutch describe as a Grondzeiler. It is a one storey smock mill on a single storey base. There is no stage, the sails reaching almost to ground level. The mill is winded by tailpole and winch. The smock and cap are thatched. The sails are Common sails.[4] They have a span of 16.42 metres (53 ft 10 in).[3] The sails are carried on a cast iron windshaft, which was cast by J M de Muinck Keizer, Martenshoek. Groningen in 1898. The windshaft carries the brake wheel which has 44 cogs.[4] The mill formerly drove an Archimedes' screw.[3]

Operators

References for above:-[2][3]

References

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Dutch Rijksmonument 35688
  1. ↑ "Polder 87 (oud), Tytsjerk/ Tietjerk" (in Dutch). Molendatabase. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Tytsjerk (Tietjerk), Fryslân" (in Dutch). Molendatabase. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Ouddeelsmolen / vh.Swarte Prinsch / vh. De Lytse Geast te Tytsjerk (Tietjerk), Over de Molen" (in Dutch). De Hollandsche Molen. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 Stichting De Fryske Mole (1995). Friese Molens (in Dutch). Leeuwarden: Friese Pers Boekerij bv. p. 257. ISBN 90 330 1522 6.
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