Molen De Vriendschap

The mill was probably built as a hulling mill at the time. As the mill served purely for husking barley, the stone loft is missing.

Strong winds caused a rod to break during peeling in 1935. In 1941, the hulling stones were removed and used in the mechanical hulling mill De Vriendschap in Hoogezand. Afterwards, a pair of millstones was installed in the mill in the place of the peeling stones. However, the milling seat is so far from the heart of the mill that a usual transmission from track wheel (Gronings; takrad) to milling spindle could not occur. An intermediate wheel was installed; the grinding stones are now driven via a rack wheel, an intermediate disc race and a long spindle. Because of this unique intermediate wheel, the grinding stone turns the other way round.