Lily Dutch Windmill Airport |
The Lily Windmill
The Lily Windmill is similar in size
and appearance to the windmill "De Lelie" (translation: The
Lily), which dates back to 1836 (see picture on right). This circular
brick "ground-sail" mill is situated in a small Dutch village
in the South West of Holland called Puttershoek, the birthplace of Pleun
Hitzert. This mill is the only windmill in the village and was responsible
for the supply of flour for all the citizens of Puttershoek and surrounding
villages in years gone by. "De Lelie" is still in operation
as a flour mill in a small way.
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The second mill taken as an example for building The Lily
is windmill "Landzigt". This mill dates from
1857 and is situated in Zuid-Beijerland, a small village on the same island
as Puttershoek. The old name for Zuid-Beijerland is "Den Hitsert".
This is the place where the Hitzert family originates from. The miller
at "Landzigt" is Maarten Hunink. Maarten is since 1975 active
as the miller and has been a great source of knowledge and inspiration
for Pleun Hitzert. One of the early sails of "Landzigt", a "Pannevis"
stock from around 1880, has been utilized as the tail- beam for The Lily.
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Photo credit: John Higgs
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http://www.thelily.com.au/intro_the_lily.htm
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