Turfstrooiselfabriek

English translation

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Description

Introduction

Sober and functionally designed FINE PEAT LITTER FACTORY for the production of fine peat litter, built on commission of the Griendtsveen Drentsche Landontginning Mij BV. This is a unique and extremely rare building. The building dates originally from 1913, underwent an extension in the western direction and was rebuilt after a fire (1942). In doing so the facades were largely retained. Of great importance is the technical installation with tipping mechanism, jacob's ladders, grinding installations and conveyor belts (see description). Originally the machines were driven by electric motors which were installed in the motor room. Via a system of shafts, flywheels and drive belts the various machines were set in motion. In the post-war period, when better dust-free electric motors became available, these were placed at the machines, making the drive much easier. Of great importance is the tipping mechanism and the loading above the water. Essential to the appearance of the factory is the presence of the field railway with shunting yard, the depot and the connection with the Dommerskanaal and the building running parallel to it. The former fine peat litter factory ran until the end of 1983.

Description

In main form an elongated building consisting of two storeys and a roof structure, constructed of brick and covered by a gabled roof, on the north side partly with a bend, covered with pumice concrete slabs. The iron roof trusses (polonceau) rest on pilasters. On the north side of the building the roof is raised in part for, amongst other things, the machine room. In the one-and-a-half brick walls reinforced concrete window frames have been installed, in a number of cases provided with steel outward-opening windows. The southern facade has a wooden extension with lean-to roof, which serves as loading above the Dommerskanaal. The canopy rests on wooden and partly concrete posts. In the eastern section stands a virtually complete machinery installation. For this a reinforced concrete structure has been installed consisting of a skeleton, floors and stairs. In the order of the processing process it concerns a tipping mechanism executed in iron (to the north of the building), sheet iron feed chutes, two parallel jacob's ladders set in reinforced concrete, feed chutes with first grinders (wolfs) and two long jacob's ladders set in reinforced concrete. These jacob's ladders bring the peat to the loft floor where it is fed via sheet iron feed chutes through a SEW motor (Süddeutsche Elektromotorenwerke from Bruchsal) driven double wolf. Subsequently the peat passes via a distribution into 4 electrically driven (Conti Elektro (Schorch); 37 kW) beaters (a sieve machine equipped with steel combs). The sieved peat falls below into catching containers and could subsequently be conveyed to the baling press. The unsieved peat was brought via an overflow in the beaters onto a conveyor belt and went via a jacob's ladder again to the loft and subsequently via a wolf ended up in a hammer mill (FRIEDRICH KRUPP GRUSONWERK from Magdeburg). Below it stands a smaller beater, driven by an ELIN electric motor. Subsequently this sieved peat is also conveyed to the baling press. There is still one baling press and it was installed in the 1960s. Also at that time a cyclone was installed for the extraction of surplus dust. Finally, on the loft there still stands a water reservoir intended for sprinkling peat that had become too dry.

Assessment

The peat litter factory for the production of fine peat litter is of cultural-historical, architectural-historical, typological and urban planning importance. Thereby the industrial-archaeological values consisting of the presence of a virtually complete machinery installation are particularly important. Unique and relatively well-preserved.