Veldkamps Meuln
The windmill in 2002
Origin
Mill name	Veldkamps Meuln (English: Veldkamp's Mill)
Mill location	Hoofdweg 314[1] Bellingwolde, Netherlands
Coordinates	53°07′33″N 7°10′18″E / 53.1258°N 7.1716°E / 53.1258; 7.1716
Year built	1855
Information
Purpose	Oil mill, grist mill
Type	Stellingmolen
Storeys	Seven storeys[citation needed]
No. of sails	Four
Type of sails	Common sails, Fauël system on leading edges
Windshaft	Cast iron
Winding	Tailpole and winch
Auxiliary power	Diesel engine, later electric motor
No. of pairs of millstones	Two pairs

Veldkamps Meuln (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈvɛltkɑmps møːln]; English: Veldkamp's Mill) is a 19th-century tower mill in the village of Bellingwolde in the Netherlands.

Location

Veldkamps Meuln is located at the Hoofdweg in the village of Bellingwolde in the east of the province of Groningen in the northeast of the Netherlands.^[1]

History

Veldkamps Meuln was built as a grist and oil mill by the Veldkamp family in 1855.^[1][2] The mill was heavily damaged by a storm in 1895.^[2] It has been a national heritage site since 1972.^[1] The mill was again heavily damaged by storms in 1972 and 1976. The windmill was restored in 2002–2003.^[3]

Description

Veldkamps Meuln is a seven^{[failed verification]} storey tower mill with a stage at third^{[failed verification]} floor level (Dutch: stellingmolen). The cap is covered with dakleer. Four common sails with a span of 20.20 metres (66 ft 3 in) are carried on a cast iron windshaft. The sails are winded by a tailpole and winch. The windshaft carries a brake wheel which has 59 teeth. This drives a wallower with 30 teeth. The wallower is at the top of the upright shaft, which has a great spur wheel at its bottom. This has 86 teeth. It drives two stone nuts, which drive the millstones. The stone nuts have 24 and 26 staves respectively. The millstones are driven overdrift.^[4]