page_title: Windmills in Leeuwarden
section_title: Cammingha-Buurstermolen
hierarchical_section_title: Windmills in Leeuwarden / Vanished windmills / Cammingha-Buurstermolen
caption_attribution_description: English: The Cammingha-Buurtstermolen, Leeuwarden in January 1998
context_page_description: The city of Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands has had at least 130 windmills over the centuries. Only one, the Froskepôlemolen survives today within Leeuwarden. Six other mills which have stood in Leeuwarden survive elsewhere in the Netherlands. The mills had a wide range of industrial and agricultural uses. The industrial uses include the processing of bark for tanning leather, the fulling of cloth, the production of cement, the production of dyes, the extraction of oil, the grinding of tobacco to produce snuff, the production of gunpowder, and the sawing of timber. Agricultural uses include the milling of buckwheat, oats, rye and wheat, the processing of chicory, the production of pearl barley, and the pumping of water.
context_section_description: The Cammingha-Buurstermolen was a grondzeiler which was built in 1850 along the Kalverdijkje at 53°12′40″N 5°49′40″E. The mill was working until 1947 when a 12 horsepower (8.9 kW) electric motor was installed. In 1958, the mill was bought by the Gemeente Leeuwarden for ƒ5. It was restored by millwright De Roos of Leeuwarden. The sails were removed the early 1990s. On 11 May 1994, the mill was the victim of an arson attack. The remains of the mill were demolished in 2000.
caption: The Cammingha-Buurtstermolen mill in January 1998
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