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Brake wheel, brake, windshaft, pal, wallower in windmill
cap.
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GENERAL and TECHNICAL INFORMATION
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| Built |
Between
1991 and 1997. |
| Type |
16th
Century design circular brick ground-sail mill. |
| Location |
Chester
Pass Road, 10 km north of the Stirling Ranges. 95 km north of Albany, Western
Australia. |
| Proprietors |
Pleun
and Hennie Hitzert. |
| Function |
Flour
mill. |
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| THE
CONSTRUCTION |
Tower |
Assembly of the sails, Sjors Adriaens and Pleun Hitzert, 1997.
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| Floors |
Cellar,
meal floor, stone floor, hoist floor and cap floor. |
| Walls |
Bricks,
handmade around 1904. Brick size 230 x 110 x 76 mm approximately.
Cavity filled with concrete and steel. |
| Wall
thickness |
Between 550 and 600 mm overall. |
| Window
and door frames |
Wandoo,
recycled Telecom cross-arms. |
Sashes/doors
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Jarrah, recycled or custom made. |
| Floors |
Ex-Telecom
Karri wood cross-arm 75 mm wide x 75 mm thick. |
Floor
joists
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Ex-Telecom
Whitegum wood poles and Albany deep water jetty beams. |
The cap |
The Lily "Beard"
by Sjors Adriaens
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| Cap
cover |
Wood,
steel and fibre glass. |
Cap
base etc.
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Mainly
Karri wood and some Jarrah wood, recycled from the old Albany deep water
jetty which was built in 1916 and demolished in 1993. |
| Beard |
Oak.
"The Lily" ANNO 1997, dark green, yellow and white. Made and donated by
Sjors Adriaens, Millwright, Weert, The Netherlands. |
| Cap
flag pole |
Oregon
wood, originated from the previous Esplanade Hotel Albany which was demolished
in 1991. |
| Weight |
Cap
and gears without sails and tail approximately 11.5 ton. Including sails
and tail approximately 22 ton. |
| Braces |
Oregon
wood. |
| Upper
side girt |
Oak,
32 x 35 cm x 12 metres long. |
Windshaft |
Neck bearing windshaft
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| Windshaft |
Oak
(France) with cast iron (Optimiet) Banister or Poll End. |
| Length |
Between
tail-end and waterhole: 4.7 metre. |
| Tail
end |
Metal
cap over oak tail. |
| Weight |
approximately
3.5 ton.
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| Bearings
neck and tail |
Natural
stone. |
| Lubrication |
Animal grease (pig-fat). |
Sails |
Under full sail.
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| Stocks |
Steel,
model "Pot", made by the Weerter Scheepswerf, The Netherlands. |
| Sails |
Russian
Larch (larrix) for the lattice, Oregon wind-boards. |
| Sail
form |
"Old
Dutch", canvas material WK 77, dark brown. |
| Sail
length |
24.6
metre. |
Gears |
Upright shaft, spur
wheel, Jarah support on stone floor.
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| Brake
wheel |
Pitch
2306 mm between teeth 115 mm, 63 teeth, outside diameter 2600 mm. 4mm steel
lining. Kept in position with 16 oak wedges. Wood used, Oak
and Elm for wheel, Accacia wooden teeth (kammen). |
| Brake |
Flemish model, wood
is "Canadas" wood similar to "Populus".
Cross section 180 x 250 mm x 2.6 metre diameter (inside). The brake is
located above the sheers and operates via a "brake drum". Also used
is a "kneppel" and "pal". The kneppel is to secure and reinforce
the brake. The pal is to prevent the sails turning backwards. All
parts can be activated from ground level as well as from inside the cap
by means of a steel cable, manila rope and chain.
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| Upright
shaft |
Karri
350 x 350 mm, bottom bearing tapered rollers, top-bearing steel shaft (80
mm) in wooden "groenhart" bearing, lubricated with pig fat. The upright
shaft is suported on two Jarrah beams originated from the old Albany deep
water jetty. |
| Bag
hoist |
Material used: jarrah,
karri, white gum, pine
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| Wallower |
Lantern
Pinion, tapered, 29 staves - 300 mm long, pitch 1062 mm. Wood: Blades: -Elm,
Staves: -Bulletree. |
| Spur
wheel |
Pitch
between teeth 95 mm, 66 teeth, pitch 1996 mm. Materails used: as brake wheel. |
| Stone
nut |
Lantern Pinion, 24
staves (green heart) - 250 mm long, pitch 786 mm.
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| Machinery* |
Grinding stones 1.4
m diameter.
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One turn of the sails makes the stones go 6.49 turns. |
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Govenor
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Turning
the cap (winding)
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| Tail |
Is
an old iron stock, made in The Netherlands around 1880 by a company called
"Pannevis" in Oude Kerk aan de IJssel. This was one of the earliest
riveted iron sails. Iron sail eventualy replaced virtually all timber sails
all over the country. One of the reasons for this was the chronic shortage
of good long timbers. This stock originates from Windmill "Landzigt"
in Zuid-Bijerland, the Netherlands. |
| Track |
36
tapered steel rollers with flanges, running between the top and bottom steel
track. Mean radius track 2070 mm, 70 mm wide, bottom 40 mm and top
25 mm thick. |
| Capstan |
Wood
(white-gum) and steel, 2.2 metre diameter, 14 Jarrah spokes. |
| Anchor
poles |
12
x ex Telecom poles, white-gum. |
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To : - The
working of a wind driven flour mill
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THE
LILY DUTCH WINDMILL
SELF
CATERING ACCOMMODATION
STONE
GROUND WHOLEMEAL SPELT FLOUR
9793 Chester Pass Road
- Amelup (Stirling Range National Park) WA 6338 - Western Australia.
For
information please call
Landline
08 9827 9205 - Mob Pleun 0427 279 206 - Mob Hennie 0427 279 205
E-mail:
The
Lily
E-mail:
thelilydutchwindmill@bigpond.com
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