Simone, her little boy and I went to do shopping for tonight's BBQ but we got distracted by ice cream and by this wind mill. The mill was open and all three of us went in and up, up, up!
We were allowed to go in all the way to the top. Usually this is restricted but the mill was stopped and we were guided.
This hook is to put the break on. The pin you see in the middle is actually lower then the hook and when it's in the hook the break is on.
It is this very part of the windmill that the Dutch saying "Dat is niet helemaal in de haak" comes from.
("That is not hooked up quite right" meaning that something is not quite right or how it should be.)
The main gear wheel with all the break-shoes around it.
This contraption is to make sure the mill doesn't spin the wrong way.
The main axle actually drives about 4 smaller ones for several purposes.
The mill.
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