Bringing a windmill to Den Helder by helicopter? Nice idea, <\/span>but the Air Force sees you coming. The mill with a pontoon through <\/span>the North Holland Canal and then transport by road? Also <\/span>complicated. Then there must be on the Spoorgracht and Fabrieksgracht <\/span>Lamp posts are being removed. The solution: the windmill is being placed in the <\/span>naval city assembled on site like a construction kit. "That sounds <\/span>"Simple, but it's still quite a puzzle," notes Pieter Kleijberg.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n He is deputy director at construction company Jan Vet and received a last week <\/span>extensive Helderse delegation in the Zaanstreek, the birthplace of the <\/span>Dutch windmill construction. Representatives of Housing Foundation\/Helder <\/span>Real Estate BV, windmill foundation De Onderneming and construction company L. van der <\/span>Wal & Zn listened to Kleijberg, the men who are going to build the mill and <\/span>to Gijs van Reeuwijk. After twenty years at the National Service for Monument Preservation <\/span>having earned his stripes as an expert on mills and <\/span>hydraulic engineering structures, Van Reeuwijk currently has its own <\/span>consultancy firm.<\/span><\/p>\n Den Helder\/Julianadorp once had at least seven grain and wood sawmills. <\/span>Now zero. For now, at least. Because in a warehouse in Zaandijk, hard work is being done on the <\/span> Two of those rental homes will be located in the shed on which the windmill will soon be built. <\/span>built up. And that building up is, as mentioned, still a complicated puzzle. <\/span> When is the mill supposed to start turning? Kleijberg looks thoughtful. "In May. That <\/span>"It's going to be a huge race to meet the completion date." Remco <\/span> A smile appears on Harco Slot's face. The former naval officer and <\/span>The chairman of the Helderse Museum Harbour passed the last month. <\/span> For a while, it was considered building the mill largely in the Zaan region and <\/span>then to have it transported to Den Helder. But logistically that is a <\/span> Subsequently, a whole discussion unfolds regarding the various components of the <\/span>Helderse grinder and the drive mechanism. Terms such as kingpin, sprout, English <\/span> RONALD DEN BOER<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The De Goede Verwachting windmill is under construction and will become a major eye-catcher. Over the coming months, local residents and passers-by can follow the progress daily. <\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":23275,"template":"","doelgroep":[],"class_list":["post-23274","actueel","type-actueel","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","elementor_library_category-wonen"],"yoast_head":"\nLightning strike<\/h3>\n
return of one of those mills, the sawmill De Goede Verwachting. The <\/span>The original mill burned down in 1897 after a lightning strike. A faithful replica<\/span>
of it will rise next spring on practically the same spot on the former <\/span>Vinkenterrein, now called Molenwerf. Housing Foundation\/Helder Vastgoed BV <\/span>
is currently developing a unique residential area around it with sixteen owner-occupied and <\/span>eighteen rental homes. In a historic architectural style, but with the sustainability of<\/span>
now.<\/span><\/p>\n
Kleijberg therefore considers himself fortunate to have a team of enthusiastic and driven individuals. <\/span>can deploy skilled workers. Jasper de Graaf, Marco Brouwer, Rikus van Assema and <\/span>
Remco Kramer is going all out. Both in the warehouse in Zaandijk and, from <\/span>early December, on location at Den Helder.<\/span><\/p>\nMatch<\/h3>\n
Kramer nods: "We try to work in parallel. What is finished here goes to Den." <\/span>"Clear to be built up." Chairman Hans Verhoef of the Helderse <\/span>
The windmill foundation is an optimistic person. "It would be nice if he during <\/span>the National Windmill Days are running.'' When is that? ,,Uh\u2026 sometime in May,''\u2019 <\/span>
Verhoef leaves that open. But it is therefore May 10 and 11, 2025. Hence the <\/span>dubious look of <\/span>Pieter Kleijweg<\/span>. "I know that other mill builders <\/span>
had to smile when they heard about it. But we have a super fun one <\/span>Great team. So we're going for it.''\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n
miller's diploma. So next spring he can work with fellow miller Jans Boes <\/span>Working hard.<\/span><\/p>\nChallenge<\/h3>\n
complicated job. "You're easily talking about a weight of at least eighteen tons and <\/span>a width of 8.5 meters. Especially the last three hundred meters to the <\/span>
The construction site would be quite a challenge. "Then all sorts of things have to get past." <\/span>the road will be removed.''\u2019
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Therefore, in early December, the first scaffolding will be placed on top of the mill base. <\/span>be erected. After that, it is a matter of part by part into <\/span>
putting them together. Mill expert Gijs van Reeuwijk: "A completely new one <\/span>Building windmills doesn't happen that much in the Netherlands anymore. There are also in our country <\/span>only about eighty millwrights left.'' Also the thatching of the cap, that <\/span>will probably be done on the ground, is specialized work. "Not <\/span>Any thatcher can do that. It is very different from a farmhouse roof, for example. <\/span>to thatch.''\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n
Winding mechanisms and pivot winding mechanisms fly across the coffee table.<\/span><\/p>\nBread<\/h3>\n
For the time being, De Goede Verwachting must first be built up. The coming <\/span>For months, local residents and passersby can follow the progress daily.\u00a0 <\/span>It is certain that the windmill will be a major eye-catcher in Den Helder from mid-next year.<\/p>\n