At Zaanse Schans, you can experience the workings of a traditional windmill.
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Climb to the top of the windmill and hear the loud flaps of the trelliswork and canvas sails.
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Windmills used to grind corn and crush seeds to make oil.
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Zaanse Schans had a mustard mill and the last working oil mill in existence.
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The windmills at Zaanse Schans are operated by the residents
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Energy from windmills are used to grind minerals to make paint pigments
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Paint pigments being produced
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Production of ocre pigment
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Production of ocre pigment
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Minerals are ground into a fine white powder
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Mill machinery at Zaanse Schans
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Rotating cog operates an adjacent wheel to transmit power
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Windmill of Zaanse Schans
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One of the windmills at Zaanse Schans
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Top of a windmill
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