Melby Windmill

Melby Windmill

Origin
Mill name	Melby Windmill
Mill location	Melby, Denmark
Year built	1878
Information
Purpose	Corn mill and sawmill
Type	Smock mill
Storeys	Three storey smock
Base storeys	Single storey base
Smock sides	Eight sides
Number of sails	Four sails
Type of sails	Common Sails
Winding	Tailpole

Melby Windmill (Danish. Melby Mølle) is a smock mill located at Melby, Halsnæs Municipality, North Zealand, some 60 kilometres (37 mi) north west of Copenhagen, Denmark.

History

The windmill was built in 1878 for Hans Petersen, a sailor born in 1846 at Sjællands Odde. He operated it and a bakery until 1907. It has later been used as a sawmill. It was taken out of service in 1946 after the tailpole had been destroyed in a storm.^[1]

Description

The windmill consists of an octagonal tower clad in shingles and topped by an ogee cap. The cap carries the four Common sails. It is winded by a tailpole. The mill stands on a stone case, which has an underpass for wagons.

Today

The windmill is owned by Halsnæs Municipality. It has been restored, but not to working order. It is open to visitors. A key can be obtained in one of the neighbouring houses.

References

↑ "Melby Mølle". DanskeFilm (in Danish). Retrieved 12 February 2015.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Melby Mølle.

Halsnæs Municipality

Towns & villages	Frederiksværk Hundested Ølsted Liseleje Melby Torup

Landmarks	Churches (list) Arresødal Frederiksværk Gymnasium Knud Rasmussen House Melbylejren Melby Windmill

Geography & Nature	Protected areas (list) Arresø Roskilde Fjord

History	Johan Frederik Classen

Windmills in Denmark

Aakirkeby Aarhus Aarsdale Aarup Ærø Agernæs Bogø (smock mill tower mill) Børglum Christianshavn Copenhagen Dorthebjerg Dybbøl Ebeltoft Em Faaborg (Åstrup Mølle Grubbe Mølle) Faxe Fuglevad Gudhjem Gylling Havsund Hjerl Hede Højer Hørsholm Jels Kerteminde Kongens Lyngby (post mill smock mill) Lille Egbjerg Lille Skensted Lønstrup Løve Lumsås Majbølle Melby Nørre Jernløse Odense (Landsby Mølle Lumby Mølle) Otterup Ramløse Rørvig Sindal Skagan Søby Sønderho Tibberup Ulbølle Ulsted Vejle Vendsyssel

See also: List of windmills

Coordinates: 55°59′46″N 11°57′59″E / 55.99600°N 11.96646°E / 55.99600; 11.96646

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