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A walk through scenic Woudsend with its wood mill the Jager

Woudsend used to be a very busy town, with lots of shipyards and woodmills. Most known mill is 'De Jager', which came into possesion of Jelle Jurjens Nauta, known then as Zoethout (meaning fine wood)
--- http://www.xs4all.nl/~jozo/zoethout/Jelle%20Jurjens%20Zoethout-Descendants/180.htm ---
info on the mill: --- http://www.xs4all.nl/~jozo/De%20molens%20van%20Woudsend.htm ---
info on Jelle Jurjen: --- http://users.castel.nl/~brinj07/html/10-349.html ---
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Yfke is also there
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Yfke is also there

Martha and Uilke, listening to an explanation
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Martha and Uilke, listening to an explanation

The way the mill looked 27 years ago
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The way the mill looked 27 years ago

People looked in curiously
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People looked in curiously

On our way to the top of the mill
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On our way to the top of the mill

Here we are
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Here we are

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Martha puts it all on video tape
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Martha puts it all on video tape

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Martha and one of the volunteers, who explained everything
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Martha and one of the volunteers, who explained everything

Sign on the mill 'De Jager'. Above it is a box which was used as a nest for 'torenvalken' They flew out recently !!!!!Falcons could not reach the nest when the mill was in use !!! Still all survived
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Sign on the mill 'De Jager'. Above it is a box which was used as a nest for 'torenvalken' They flew out recently !!!!!Falcons could not reach the nest when the mill was in use !!! Still all survived

Wind energy
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Wind energy

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A view from the mill
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A view from the mill

Martha's getting used to posing
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Martha's getting used to posing

Looking upwards inside the mill
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Looking upwards inside the mill

Once more the Jager
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Once more the Jager

Uilke de Koe to the right, talking with another volunteer
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Uilke de Koe to the right, talking with another volunteer

Martha can't take her eyes from the mill
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Martha can't take her eyes from the mill

This one
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This one

Mill is founded on stone bedding. The whole mill was prefabricated. like a ship.
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Mill is founded on stone bedding. The whole mill was prefabricated. like a ship.

Masts galore here
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Masts galore here

Socializing with a cool drink (on the house, or rather on the mill)
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Socializing with a cool drink (on the house, or rather on the mill)

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