Langwert, Winsum
{{Short description|Smock mill in the Netherlands}}
{{Infobox Windmill
| name = Langwert, Winsum
| image = Winsum - Molen Langwert.jpg
| image_size = 250px
| caption = Langwert, September 2008.
| name_of_mill = Langwert
| location_of_mill = Aan de weg Leeuwarden-Bolsward
8831 Winsum
| coordinates = {{coord|53|09|13|N|5|36|41|E|type:landmark_region:NL|display=inline,title}}
| operator = Gemeente Littenseradiel
| built = 1979
| purpose = Drainage mill
| type = Smock mill
| storeys = One storey smock
| base_storeys = One storey base
| roundhouse_storeys =
| smock_sides = Eight sides
| sail_number = Four sails
| sail_type = Common sails
| windshaft = Cast iron
| winding = Tailpole and winch
| auxpower =
| pairs_of_millstones=
| stone_size =
| saw_type =
| pump_type = Archimedes' screw
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Langwert is a smock mill in Winsum, Friesland, Netherlands which was built in 1979 and is under restoration. It is listed as a Rijksmonument.
History
Langwert formerly stood on different site in Winsum, where it was known as the Molen van Tjilbert. It had been built in 1894 by millwright Folkert Wijnstra of Spannum, Friesland to drain an area of {{convert|70|pondemaat|ha acre}}.{{cite web|url=http://www.molendatabase.org/molendb.php?step=details&nummer=2875 |title=Molen van Tjilbert, Winsum |publisher=Molendatabase |language=nl |access-date=30 September 2014}} The mill was moved to its current site in 1979, replacing a mill that had been built in 1863 and that had burnt down on 13 March 1974. The work was done by a carpenter from Winsum with assistance from millwright Westra of Franeker, Friesland.{{cite book | last =Stichting De Fryske Mole | year = 1995| title = Friese Molens| pages=144, 259 | publisher = Friese Pers Boekerij bv| location = Leeuwarden |language=nl |isbn= 90 330 1522 6}} The mill was damaged in a storm in September 2011. Restoration by Kolthof Bouwbedrijf bv of Stiens, Friesland began in the summer of 2014. It is listed as a Rijksmonument, №8529.{{cite web|url=http://www.molendatabase.nl/nederland/molen.php?nummer=152 |title=Winsum, Fryslân |publisher=Molendatabase |language=nl |access-date=30 September 2014}}
Description
{{For|an explanation of the various items of machinery|Mill machinery}}
Langwert is what the Dutch describe as a Grondzeiler. It is a one-storey smock mill on a single storey base. There is no stage, the sails reaching almost to ground level. The mill is winded by tailpole and winch. The smock and cap are clad in vertical boards. The sails are Common sails. They have a span of {{convert|11.70|m|ftin}}. The sails are carried on a wooden windshaft. The windshaft carries the brake wheel which has 35 cogs. This drives the wallower (18 cogs) at the top of the upright shaft. At the bottom of the upright shaft there are two crown wheels The upper crown wheel, which has 30 cogs drives an Archimedes' screw via a crown wheel. The lower crown wheel, which has 31 cogs is carried on the axle of an Archimedes' screw, which is used to drain the polder. The axle of the screw is {{convert|25|cm|in|0}} diameter and {{convert|3.33|m|ftin}} long. The screw is {{convert|1.18|m|ftin}} diameter. It is inclined at 21°. Each revolution of the screw lifts {{convert|204|L|impgal}} of water.
Public access
De Beintemapoldermolen is usually open on Sunday afternoons, or by appointment.{{cite web |url=http://www.molens.nl/site/dbase/molen.php?pagina=contact&mid=1087&toonoverzicht=1 |title=Langwert te Winsum, Contact |publisher=De Hollandsche Molen |language=nl |access-date=30 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006075537/http://www.molens.nl/site/dbase/molen.php?pagina=contact&mid=1087&toonoverzicht=1 |archive-date=6 October 2014 |url-status=dead }}
References
{{Commons category|Langwert, Winsum}}
{{Rijksmonument|8529}}
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{{Dutch Windmills}}
Category:Windmills in Friesland
Category:Windmills completed in 1979
Category:Smock mills in the Netherlands
Category:Windpumps in the Netherlands
Category:Agricultural buildings in the Netherlands
Category:Rijksmonuments in Friesland