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Windmill de PinkThis mill has been producing oil from plant seeds since 1620 for, among other things, lacquer for houses, boats and as fuel for oil lamps. | Windmill de ooievaarThis oil mill from around 1622 was traditionally used to produce various types of vegetable oils, such as linseed oil and rapeseed oil. | Windmill de bleeke doodThis oldest, still existing wooden scaffolding mill in the Netherlands (1656) grinds grain again after its restoration in the middle of the last century. |
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Windmill de huismanThis spice mill from the 18th century processed nutmeg, crushed snuff and made mustard. | Windmill de katThis paint mill grinds minerals, vegetable dyes and chalk and supplies its artisanal pigments to countless (international museums | Windmill de poelenburgSawmill from 1867, which spectacularly shows the workings of a ratchet mill on special days. |
Windmill de zoekerOliemolen de Zoeker (ca 1672) was the first mill that was saved by the Zaansche molen association. | Windmill het jonge schaapAn exact replica of the sawmill from 1680. An upper porter: only the hood of the mill is turned towards the wind. | Windmill de Bonte henOil mill from 1693 where the exhibition 'masters of the mills' can be seen: An overview of famous paintings with a mill in the leading role. |
Windmill de kokerFlour and peeling mill from 1866 whose origins date back to 1592, the time when Wormer and Jisp were major suppliers of rusk. | herculesAn American wind motor that was installed in 1992 to drain the Kalverpolder. This type is the modern variant of the classic Dutch windmills. | Windmill de vlijtAt the beginning of the 20th century this biksteen mill was used to grind stone into powder, this work was used as abrasives to sharpen a.o knives. |
De held jozuaThis wood sawmill from 1719 is the last witness of the once huge wood processing industry in West Zaandam | Windmill de pauwOil mill that stood in Nauerna until 1908. With the reconstruction and furnishing as a hemp beater, a disappeared type of mill returned to the Zaan region. | Windmill het prinsenhofThe barley for the barley in the last century, an important staple food, has been hulled in the mill since 1722. |
Windmill de jonge dirkThis mill started in 1908 as a spice mill Indian prosperity, where the gingerbread spices were ground for Verkade | Windmill de SchoolmeesterThe only working wind paper mill in the world. The complex process of papermaking has been taking place here since 1692. |
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