Marrum is a village in Noardeast-Fryslân municipality in the province of Friesland , the Netherlands . It had a population of around 1,462 in January 2017. Before 2019, the village was part of the Ferwerderadiel municipality.
6-466: In 2006 following a storm nearly 100 horses were stranded on a small mud island. Eventually they were rescued after seven women equestrians organised by Norma Miedema through an internet forum rode out through the water and then rode back leading the horses to safety (Susan Fransen riding Blizzard, Micky Nijboer riding Berber, Antje Dijkstra riding Humphrey, Hinke Lap riding Guinever, Christina Stormer riding Perfeft and Fardow de Rueter riding King). A memorial
12-508: Is a smock mill in Marrum , Friesland , Netherlands which was built in 1845. The mill has been restored to working order. It is listed as a Rijksmonument , number 15637. De Grote Molen was built by millwright J T Kingma of Ternaard in 1845 to drain the 2,100 pondemaat (770 ha; 1,900 acres) Marrum-Westernijtjerk polder . As built, the mill was fitted with Patent sails . Later, Common sails fitted with streamlined leading edges on
18-527: The Dekker System were fitted. These were later replaced by Common sails with leading edges on the Fok System. The mill was restored in 1957-58, 1965, and again in 1968. On 4 May 1976, the mill was sold to Stichting De Fryske Mole (English: Frisian Mills Foundation ). A further restoration was undertaken in 1978-78. Auxiliary power is from an EMF Dordt electric motor. De Grote Molen is what
24-521: The Dutch describe as a Grondzeiler . It is a two-storey smock mill on a single-storey base. There is no stage, the sails reaching almost to ground level. The mill is winded by tailpole and winch. The smock and cap are thatched . The sails are Common sails, fitted with leading edges on the Fok system. They have a span of 22.80 metres (74 ft 10 in). The sails are carried on a cast-iron windshaft . which
30-505: Was cast by Prins van Oranje, The Hague , South Holland in 1868. The windshaft also carries the brake wheel which has 65 cogs. This drives the wallower (33 cogs) at the top of the upright shaft . At the bottom of the upright shaft the crown wheel , which has 49 cogs drives a gearwheel with 45 cogs on the axle of the Archimedes' screw. The axle of the Archimedes' screw is 655 millimetres (2 ft 2 in) diameter. The screw
36-544: Was subsequently erected to mark the bravery and ingenuity of these women. There are two windmills in Marrum, De Grote Molen and De Phenix . A third mill, De Kleilânsmole was dismantled in 2010 for restoration and rebuilding at Ferwert . [REDACTED] Media related to Marrum at Wikimedia Commons This Friesland location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . De Grote Molen, Marrum De Grote Molen (English: The Great Mill )
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