The shape of this type of water mill is called a spider's head. This spider's head keeps meadows
at Gorredijk dry. And in the winter the mill floods the ice rink. In 1920, the Woudagemaal at
Lemmer opened and water management in Friesland improved. The mill can retire. (And the ice club
takes a pump with a petrol engine.) The mechanism of the mill is made of wood and a lot more
complex than, for example, that of a tjasker (43). The stand around which the cupboard revolves
is hollow, and a wooden shaft runs through it which transmits wind force via the gears to the
auger. The auger screws the water up, which runs away through the waterway. A spider's head is
more expensive than a tjasker, but lasts longer because the running gear is better protected.
Placed here in 1925.