De Gekroonde Poelenburg

De Gekroonde Poelenburg
De Gekroonde Poelenburg, 2007
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Origin
Mill nameDe Gekroonde Poelenburg
Mill locationKalverringdijk 27 1509 BT Zaandam
Coordinates52°28′27″N 4°49′03″E / 52.474206°N 4.817616°E / 52.474206; 4.817616
Operator(s)Vereniging De Zaansche Molen
Year built1869 (1904/1963)
Information
PurposeSawmill
TypePaltrok mill
No. of sailsFour sails
Type of sailsCommon sails
WindshaftCast iron
WindingTailpole and winch
Other informationThree vertical frame saws

De Gekroonde Poelenburg (The Crowned Poelenburg) is a paltrok mill in Zaandam, Netherlands which has been restored to working order. Like all Dutch paltrok mills it is a windpowered sawmill. The mill is listed as a Rijksmonument, number 40093. It is located at the Zaanse Schans in a group of several historic industrial windmills.[1]

  1. ^ "De Gekroonde Poelenburg te Zaandam / Zaanse Schans" (in Dutch). De Hollandsche Molen. Archived from the original on August 15, 2013. Retrieved October 28, 2012.