A tjasker is a type of small drainage windmill used in the Netherlands. There are four tjaskers remaining in Drenthe.
Locations
Grolloo
The Paaltjasker at Grolloo was erected in June 1985. It was built in 1930 in the Dongelsveen, probably by Roelof Dijksma. (Click on "Algemeen" to view) The tjasker was dismantled in 1940. (Click on "Geschiedenis" to view) It now stands beside a cycle path in the Grollooërveen. The tjasker has four Common sails, which have a span of and are carried on a wooden windshaft long. (Click on "Technische gegevens" to view)
Nijeveen This paaltjasker stands at Kolderveense Bovenboer, just outside Nijeveen. (Click on "Algemeen" to view)
Zeijen Tjasker Bollenveen The paaltjasker Bollenveen was built at Zeijen by volunteers in 2001 under the leadership of Waling Hofkamp. It was built near the former site of another tjasker. It is owned by the Molenstichting Drenthe (English: Drenthe Mills Society). (Click on "Geschiedenis" to view) The tjasker has four Common sails which have a span of . They are carried in a wooden windshaft which is long. (Click on "Technische gegevens" to view)
Tjasker Meestersveen
The paaltjasker Meesterveen formerly stood at Amen where it was erected before 1940. It was discovered in the 1980s in a farmer's shed. It was erected at Zeijen in 1983 as part of a project for the unemployed. The tjasker is owned by the Molenstichting Drenthe. (Click on "Geschiedenis" to view) The four Common sails have a span of and are carried in a wooden windshaft. The tjasker is listed as a Rijksmonument, number 413729. (Click on "Technische gegevens" to view) Photographs taken in early 2009 show that the sails have been removed.See :File:Tjasker Meestersveen 1.JPG
Dutch Wikipedia articles Tjasker Grolloo Tjasker Bollenveen Tjasker Meestersveen
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