| Huizermolen, Arnhem | |
| Name Of Mill: | Huizermolen |
| Location Of Mill: | Schelmseweg 89, 6816 SJ, Arnhem |
| Coordinates: | 52.0108°N 5.9106°W |
| Operator: | Netherlands Open Air Museum |
| Built: | 1919 |
| Purpose: | Corn mill |
| Type: | Post mill |
| Roundhouse Storeys: | Formerly a single storey roundhouse |
| Sail Number: | Four sails |
| Windshaft: | Wood |
| Winding: | Tailpole and winch |
| Pairs Of Millstones: | Two pairs |
| Stone Size: | 1.5m (04.9feet) diameter |
Huizermolen is a post mill in the Netherlands Open Air Museum, Arnhem, Netherlands which was built in 1919 and is in working order.
The Huizermolen was built c. 1665 at Huizen. It had a single storey roundhouse there. A beam in the mill bore the date 1758. The mill was dismantled in 1916 and re-erected at the Netherlands Open Air Museum, Arnhem in 1919. It was one of the first buildings to be re-erected at the museum.[1] The mill had a roundhouse at this time.[2] In 1949, the mill was repaired using parts from a mill at Mussel, Groningen that had been demolished in 1943.[3] The trestle from that mill was installed, but the mill was not then in working order.[1] At this restoration, the roundhouse was removed.[2]
The mill was restored in 1975-76 by millwright De Ruiter of Elspeet, Gelderland. This amounted to a complete rebuild of the mill, with only the trestle being retained from the old mill. A new wooden windshaft and sails were fitted. The mill was in need of a new windshaft and sails in 2011. Restoration began in March 2012. The restored mill was set to work on 26 January 2013.
Huizermolen is what the Dutch describe as a "Standerdmolen". It is an open trestle post mill. The mill is winded by tailpole and winch. The sails are Common sails. They have a span of 22m (72feet). The sails are carried on a wooden windshaft. The windshaft also carries the brake wheel which has 68 teeth. This drives a lantern pinion stone nut which has 14 staves and drives a pair of 1.5m (04.9feet) Cullen millstones, the brake wheel from the mill at Mussel being retained.[1] The tail wheel has 68 teeth.[2]
Huizermolen is open for external viewing during museum opening times. Access to the mill may generally be gained on Sundays, or whenever the mill is working.[2]
Windmills in Arnhem
Windmills in the Netherlands Open Air Museum