Putmolen ~ Episode 4 “Archimedes’ Screw”

This water screw (Archimedes’ screw) of the Putmolen windmill pumps the polder water from the lowest part of the polder, the so-called Put (pit) into the ca 1 meter (3 feet) higher-lying irrigation ditches of the Aarlanderveen polder around Alphen in Holland.
Filmed using an Ambeo (Sennheiser – Apogee) headset for binaural sound and the iPhone X on the dutch national mill day 2018.
Putmolen ~ Episode 4 “Archimedes’ Screw” | 20201027 | Michel van der Burg | 1-memo.com

Putmolen ~ Episode 3 “Smock”

Putmolen water windmill in the Aarlanderveen polder around Alphen, Holland.
This smock type windmill has a sloping tower with eight sides, topped with a cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind. This type of windmill got its name from its resemblance to smocks worn by farmers in an earlier period.
Filmed using an Ambeo (Sennheiser – Apogee) headset for binaural sound and the iPhone X on the dutch national mill day 2018.
Putmolen ~ Episode 3 “Smock” | 20201026 | Michel van der Burg | 1-memo.com

Polder Photography

Dutch polder landscape photography in the Aarlanderveen polder with smock water windmills around Alphen, Holland.
Filmed using an Ambeo (Sennheiser – Apogee) headset for binaural sound and the iPhone X on the dutch national mill day 2018. Polder Photography | 20201008 | Michel van der Burg | 1-memo•com

Putmolen ~ Episode 2 “Polder”

View from a window inside the Putmolen water windmill in the Aarlanderveen polder around Alphen, Holland.
This Putmolen mill drains water from the lowest part of the polder, the so-called Put (pit) – at 5.4 meter , that is 18 feet, below sea level. More on this so-called Mill #4 of the Aarlanderveen Gang of Four Mills in the first episode “Crystal Ball” , link https://1-memo.com/2020/10/01/putmolen-episode-1-crystal-ball/ .
Filmed using an Ambeo (Sennheiser – Apogee) headset for binaural sound and the iPhone X on the dutch national mill day 2018.
Putmolen ~ Episode 2 “Polder” | 20201002 | Michel van der Burg | 1-memo.com

Putmolen ~ Episode 1 “Crystal Ball”

In the Aarlanderveen polders around Alphen in Holland, here Mill #4 of the Gang of Four Mills – also known as the Putmolen (Pit mill).
This Gang of four mills (dutch : Molenviergang) is working together to upload the polder water around the Aarlanderveen village in 4 steps – by stepped drainage via basins – all together almost 5 meters , 16 feet, higher into the Old Rhine river.
This Putmolen mill (with millers Rita and Johan Slingerland) drains the lowest part of the polder, the so-called Put (pit), where peat was still extracted when this mill was build in 1801 , after the higher part of the polder had already been milled dry. Filmed using the iPhone X on the dutch national mill day 2018.
Putmolen ~ Episode 1 “Crystal Ball” | 20201001 | Michel van der Burg | 1-memo.com

Morning Mist

Morning Mist ~ Socalled ditch mist (sloot mist) at a drainage waterway, forming moving mist layers this early September morning filtering sunlight at sunrise in Polder Bloemendaal, Waddinxveen, South Holland. Morning Mist | 20200914 | Michel van der Burg | 1-memo•com

Groote Molen Mill

Groote Molen Mill ~
Hollow post water windmill ‘Groote Molen’ (Big Mill) operated by miller Pieter Hellinga, was built in 1626 for the drainage of the Grote Polder – Zoeterwoude, Holland. Groote Molen Mill | 20200815 | Michel van der Burg | 1-memo.com