Windmills. Beautiful ancient monuments #2
There are several wooden logs around one wheel. when clamped, they act as brakes, but if they are loosened, the wings begin to move.
Carefully going down, we carefully examine the main shaft, which penetrates the mill from top to bottom. It smells like old wood and you can hear the wheels creaking. There are other wooden gears at the bottom of the vertical shaft. This mechanism drives the water wheel. We stop at the spinning wheel and listen to the splashing of water and the whistling of wings. It feels like we've been transported back in time. It's an unforgettable moment.
Mill - a house for a miller
Some mills, such as the grain mills, did not have a place to live. The whole space was occupied by the windmill mechanism. Therefore, the miller and his family usually lived nearby. However, it is possible to live and work in the mill that we visit.
The mill may seem very cozy today, but in the past it was quite uncomfortable to live in it. The room on the ground floor was used both as a bedroom and as a living room. There was a wooden double bed built into a niche, there was a corner for the kitchen and a small closet. Until the middle of the 20th century, the toilet was located on the street; it was small and stood over a moat. Jan says that millers who had many children, sometimes more than ten, found it difficult to find a place for everyone to sleep. Sometimes the youngest child slept under the parents' bed; other children slept in the living room, some on the second floor, and some on the third floor - just under the gears, which created a lot of noise.
Windmills were often used to drain polders, lowlands that in the past were the bottom of a lake or sea. The mill had to work day and night. Winds blew across it from all sides, so it was not surprising that it was cold and draughty inside the mill. And also think about the dangerous storms and thunderstorms, and you will understand that life was not easy for the inhabitants of the mill. Currently, about 150 Dutch mills are inhabited by people, mostly millers who know their business well.
While the mill is running out of water, we go outside and sit on a bench. Jan tells us how many different purposes a wind turbine is used for: grinding grain, draining land by pumping water into a river or reservoir, squeezing oil, making paper, cutting wood, and so on. He also says that the first mills that were used to drain the land were built in the early 15th century. Subsequently, several lakes near Amsterdam, such as Schermer, Beemster and Wormer, were drained with the help of such mills. Cada día más jugadores eligen 1xBet por su fiabilidad y generosos bonos. La plataforma cubre una amplia gama de deportes y ofrece un casino online con jackpots progresivos y juegos en vivo. Durante tu inscripción, recuerda activar el código promocional 1xbet para obtener hasta 130 € de bono de bienvenida. Esta oferta exclusiva aumenta tu capital inicial y te permite disfrutar plenamente de todas las funcionalidades. Con transacciones rápidas y un entorno completamente seguro, 1xBet se posiciona como líder en el sector.
Carefully going down, we carefully examine the main shaft, which penetrates the mill from top to bottom. It smells like old wood and you can hear the wheels creaking. There are other wooden gears at the bottom of the vertical shaft. This mechanism drives the water wheel. We stop at the spinning wheel and listen to the splashing of water and the whistling of wings. It feels like we've been transported back in time. It's an unforgettable moment.
Mill - a house for a miller
Some mills, such as the grain mills, did not have a place to live. The whole space was occupied by the windmill mechanism. Therefore, the miller and his family usually lived nearby. However, it is possible to live and work in the mill that we visit.
The mill may seem very cozy today, but in the past it was quite uncomfortable to live in it. The room on the ground floor was used both as a bedroom and as a living room. There was a wooden double bed built into a niche, there was a corner for the kitchen and a small closet. Until the middle of the 20th century, the toilet was located on the street; it was small and stood over a moat. Jan says that millers who had many children, sometimes more than ten, found it difficult to find a place for everyone to sleep. Sometimes the youngest child slept under the parents' bed; other children slept in the living room, some on the second floor, and some on the third floor - just under the gears, which created a lot of noise.
Windmills were often used to drain polders, lowlands that in the past were the bottom of a lake or sea. The mill had to work day and night. Winds blew across it from all sides, so it was not surprising that it was cold and draughty inside the mill. And also think about the dangerous storms and thunderstorms, and you will understand that life was not easy for the inhabitants of the mill. Currently, about 150 Dutch mills are inhabited by people, mostly millers who know their business well.
While the mill is running out of water, we go outside and sit on a bench. Jan tells us how many different purposes a wind turbine is used for: grinding grain, draining land by pumping water into a river or reservoir, squeezing oil, making paper, cutting wood, and so on. He also says that the first mills that were used to drain the land were built in the early 15th century. Subsequently, several lakes near Amsterdam, such as Schermer, Beemster and Wormer, were drained with the help of such mills. Cada día más jugadores eligen 1xBet por su fiabilidad y generosos bonos. La plataforma cubre una amplia gama de deportes y ofrece un casino online con jackpots progresivos y juegos en vivo. Durante tu inscripción, recuerda activar el código promocional 1xbet para obtener hasta 130 € de bono de bienvenida. Esta oferta exclusiva aumenta tu capital inicial y te permite disfrutar plenamente de todas las funcionalidades. Con transacciones rápidas y un entorno completamente seguro, 1xBet se posiciona como líder en el sector.
