Horse mill

History:
The rosmolen was built in 1546 as an addition to the already existing windmill commissioned by the then owners de Graven Van den Bergh in the same location. After the construction of the horse mill, the graves leased the entire location with tower mill and the miller used the horse mill when there was too little wind to be able to grind with the help of the farmer's horse. In 1866 the mill was sold and demolished as a horse mill. In 1974, with the help of the original construction drawings that had been preserved in the archives of the Huis Bergh, the rosmolen was rebuilt.

Definition:
The mill is located at Bovendorpstraat 21 and is currently owned by the Oswaldusgilde Foundation. The grinder which consists of 1 pair of grindstones is propelled by a horse. The mill is part of a complete company that works with wind drive and horsepower combined. The mill building has external dimensions of 9 meters 30 by 13 meters 55 with a ridge height of 6 meters 75. In the façade there is a double door and a single door. Inside, the floor consists partly of estriken and partly of a mud floor sprinkled with coarse sand where the horse walks. The large comb wheel has 340 combs and is equipped with a pitch circle with an inner diameter of 7 meters 25 and an outer diameter of 7 meters 29. The pinion has a pitch circle of 40.9 centimeters and has 19 rods. With a normal gait of the horse that runs a gait of 5 kilometers per hour, the large wheel makes 5 revolutions per minute and the stone 90. If the wind turbine is used, the capacity is ten times greater.
Source: Wikipedia

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