Windmills in Westzaan

betekenis & definitie

Papiermolen De Schoolmeester (Guispad 3) is a six-sided wooden shelving mill from 1692 with a long wooden drying shed from 1903. In this mill, which was restored in 2000, there is a steam-driven paper machine (1877) and a scoop bucket. Pelmolen The Prinsenhof (Relkepad approx.) Is an eight-sided wooden shelving mill from 1722. At the mill is a small wooden shed with fireplace for the staff. De Jonge Dirk stands between the two mentioned mills. This small eight-sided wooden scaffold mill built in Zaandam in 1908 as a spice mill was rebuilt here in 1959 as a paper mill.