Overview
The Wennink Mill is a corn mill in Lintelo, built in 1860 for the Wennink family, from whom it takes its name. The mill remained in the family’s hands until 1920. Since 1973 it has been associated with the Nijland family. It was restored in 1984, and on 27 December 2007 ownership was transferred to the Stichting tot Behoud van de Wenninkmolen te Lintelo.
Around 1860 there was something of a race in Lintelo to build a mill at two different locations. H. Wennink won the race and gained a head start in attracting customers over what later became known as the Moezemolle. This may help explain why the Wennink Mill still stands while the other mill does not. Wennink remained the owner until 1890.
After the mill passed from private ownership to the co-operative agricultural association, investment was made to ease the work. The mill received sails using the Van Bussel system and a Ten Have shutter. The pairs of millstones were moved down from the stone floor; millwright Kreeftenberg installed a milling frame lower in the mill, driven from the spur wheel, so that the stones could also be powered there. A belt pulley was fitted to the horizontal shaft beneath the millstones for drive from the engine room, where first a suction-gas engine and later an electric motor were installed. In this arrangement there are eight wheels between the sails and the millstone. The cogs are always wooden, while some of the wheels themselves are cast iron. In addition to the stones, the mill has both a grain elevator and a flour elevator.
A brick above the small door on the north side bears the inscription: E.F.A. 1860.
During the severe storm of 3 April 1973, the sail assembly was damaged so badly that the mill could no longer operate. Repairs took some time; in 1984 a new inner stock was fitted, specially designed for the Ten Have shutter.
Technical details
The stocks are 23.88 metres long. The inner stock, made by Groot-Wesseldijk, is a welded iron stock from 1984 fitted with the Van Bussel system and Ten Have shutters. The 23.88-metre outer stock is a shortened pot stock with traditional Dutch latticework and sails. The mill has one pair of millstones on the ground floor. This arrangement dates from 1936, when an engine room was built for a suction-gas engine, later replaced by an electric motor.
The five-metre cast-iron windshaft was made in 1867 by De Prins van Oranje iron foundry in The Hague and carries the number 500.
Since 1980, wind power, through several additional transmissions, has once again been the sole source of power. Other pieces of machinery also remain in the mill. Volunteer millers regularly put it into operation.
There is no longer an engine: the remaining pair of millstones on the ground floor, like the sack hoist and mixing vat, is driven exclusively by the wind.
Address history
1934 address directory
Lintelo 146
Mill
1967 address directory
Lintelo 146 > Gendringseweg 27
Mill
Owners
- H. Wennink (1860-1890)
- H.W. Wennink (1890-1920)
- G.J. Wisselink (1920-1948)
- Co-operative Agricultural Association Aalten (1948-1973)
- A. Nijland (1973-1996)
- H. Nijland (1996-2007)
- Stichting Vrienden van de Wenninkmolen te Lintelo (2007-present)