Windmill Study I, Freilichtmuseum Klockenhagen, Klockenhagen (de), 18/06/06
Groß Ernsthof Trestle Mill
Built: 1780 in Groß Ernsthof (rural district of East Lower Pomerania)
Use: Employed as a grain mill up until the middle of the 20th century
Construction: The entire mill is held up by trestles, which consists of 4 shafts and a main beam that has be placed perpendiculary.
The mill hutch, a wooden construction consisting of planks, is held up by the Flour beam. The flour beam is positioned on the main beam and can rotate.
On the reverse side of the mill, there is a stair case, and the stilt, with which the mill hutch, or the wing cross, respectively, are driven against the wind.
On the upper side of the mill hutch, the wing shaft is positioned into 2 flour beams. On the wind shafts a wooden wheel can be found which serves to drive the milling process.
Source: Freilichtmuseum Klockenhagen
Built: 1780 in Groß Ernsthof (rural district of East Lower Pomerania)
Use: Employed as a grain mill up until the middle of the 20th century
Construction: The entire mill is held up by trestles, which consists of 4 shafts and a main beam that has be placed perpendiculary.
The mill hutch, a wooden construction consisting of planks, is held up by the Flour beam. The flour beam is positioned on the main beam and can rotate.
On the reverse side of the mill, there is a stair case, and the stilt, with which the mill hutch, or the wing cross, respectively, are driven against the wind.
On the upper side of the mill hutch, the wing shaft is positioned into 2 flour beams. On the wind shafts a wooden wheel can be found which serves to drive the milling process.
Source: Freilichtmuseum Klockenhagen