Lutke's Meule, Nijeveen

Lutke's Meule
Lutke's Meule, February 2009
Origin
Mill name	Lutke's Meule
Mill location	Burgemeester Haitsmanlaan 24, 7948 AE, Nijeveen
Coordinates	52°43′47″N 6°10′04″E
Operator(s)	G Lutke
Year built	1990
Information
Purpose	Corn mill
Type	Smock mill
Storeys	Two-storey smock
Base storeys	One-storey base
Smock sides	Eight sides
No. of sails	Four sails
Type of sails	Common sails, Faueël streamlined leading edges
Windshaft	Wood
Winding	Tailpole
No. of pairs of millstones	One pair
Size of millstones	600 millimetres (2 ft 0 in)
Year lost	Dismantled 2009

Lutke's Meule was a small smock mill in Nijeveen, Drenthe, the Netherlands. It was built in 1990 and dismantled in June 2009.

History

Lutke's Meule was built in 1990 by Gerard Lutke, miller at De Sterrenberg. The mill was able to turn by wind by October 1992 and a pair of millstones were installed in 1993. In 2008, one of the wooden stocks broke, reducing the mill to two sails. Development in the surrounding area had reduced the ability of the wind to power the mill. In June 2009 Lutke's Meule was dismantled. It is intended that it will be rebuilt in New Zealand.

Description

Lutke's Meule was what the Dutch describe as an "achtkante stellingmolen". It was a small smock mill on a single-storey base with a stage at first-floor level, 2.30 metres (7 ft 7 in) above ground level. The base and smock were covered in weatherboards and the cap was covered in Dakleer. The mill was winded by tailpole and winch. The four Common sails had a span of 7.50 metres (24 ft 7 in). The leading edges were streamlined using the Faueël system. The sails were carried in a wooden windshaft. The mill drove one pair of 600 millimetres (2 ft 0 in) diameter millstones.