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{{short description|Dutch windmill}}
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| name                = Tot Voordeel en Genoegen
| image               = Molen Tot Voordeel en Genoegen 11-09-2011.jpg
| image_size          = 250px
| caption             = Tot Voordeel en Genoegen, September 2011
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| location_of_mill    = [[Alphen, Gelderland]]
| coordinates         = {{coord|51.815283|5.463177|type:landmark_region:NL|display=inline,title}}
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| built               = 1798
| purpose             = Grinding flour
| type                = [[Post mill]] with roundhouse
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| sail_number         = 4
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| winding             = yes
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[[File:Molen Tot Voordeel en Genoegen baard met askop.jpg|thumb|240px]]
'''Tot Voordeel en Genoegen''' (''Profit and Pleasure'') is a windmill built in 1798 on the Molendijk 15 in [[Alphen, Gelderland|Alphen]], Netherlands.
It is a large [[post mill]], built above a roundhouse, used for grinding wheat flour.
It is the only windmill in the Netherlands that drives three pairs of millstones.
The mechanism is mostly wooden, since iron was expensive when it was built.
The windmill, which is still functional, can be rotated on its post to face the wind for maximum effect.
==History==
"Tot Voordeel en Genoegen" (to advantage and satisfaction) was built in 1798 for P. van Dam. It is beside the river so it catches as much wind as possible.
The last miller to own and operate it was van Dreumel, to whom farmers in the Alphen area regularly brought their flour to be ground until 1978.  The municipality of West Maas en Waal now owns the mill, which is still functional, and may be visited for tours and demonstrations.
The mill was completely restored in 1964, and moved about {{convert|25|m}}.{{sfn|Molen "Tot Voordeel en Genoegen"}}
The post is no longer elm, but is now made from [[bilinga (wood)|bilinga wood]].
The sides of the box are now also made from this wood.
==Description==
The windmill's [[Windmill sail|sails]] have a wingspan of {{convert|25|m}}.
The whole upper part of the mill is built around a vertical timber post about {{convert|70|cm}} thick.
The upper part, which weighs {{convert|40000|kg}}, can be turned on this axis to orient the blades so they get maximum force from the wind.
The lower part of the windmill is a brick roundhouse. The ropes are made from flax, which was once grown in the area, and the gears are wooden.
Use of iron was avoided wherever possible due to the cost.{{sfn|Molen "Tot Voordeel en Genoegen"}}
The mill is unique in having three sets of millstones, each of which can be operated independently.{{sfn|Molen "Tot Voordeel en Genoegen"}}
The main drive from the upper wheel turns the forward wheel, which in turn drives the two rear wheels.  This differs from most post mills, where there are two sets of millstones, each driven directly by the upper wheel.
The forward and the left rear mills have artificial stones with a diameter of {{convert|150|cm}}.
The right rear mill uses natural stone with a diameter of {{convert|120|cm}}.
==Owners==
Owners have been:{{sfn|Poppen|2012}}
* 1798–1825: P. Dam
* 1825–1850: A. Peters
* 1850–1860: J. van Brink
* 1860–1978: van Dreumel family
* 1978–present: City of [[West Maas en Waal]] (currently managed by miller Jeg Li){{sfn|Molen "Tot Voordeel en Genoegen"}}
==Gallery==
<gallery widths="200" heights="170">
File:Molen Tot Voordeel en Genoegen bovenwiel achterkant en achterkrans 13 juli 2008.jpg|Upper left back wheel with the sprocket
File:Molen Tot Voordeel en Genoegen askop 13 juli 2008.jpg|Axle head
File:Molen Tot Voordeel en Genoegen trapbint 24 juni 2008.jpg|Stair Truss
File:Molen Tot Voordeel en Genoegen trapbint.jpg|Stair Truss
File:Molen Tot Voordeel en Genoegen kast.jpg|Closet
File:Molen Tot Voordeel en Genoegen luikapje.jpg|Hatch Cover
File:Molen Tot Voordeel en Genoegen kruibank.jpg|Platform, known in Dutch as a ''kruibank'', for the operation of a [[Capstan (nautical)|capstan]] wheel to turn the sails into the wind
File:Molen Tot Voordeel en Genoegen zeeg 24 juni 2008.jpg|Sail
File:Molen Tot Voordeel en Genoegen bovenas eiken.jpg|Oak windshaft
File:Molen Tot Voordeel en Genoegen bovenas pen met muts en bronzenplaat.jpg |Pen upper shaft with iron hat and bronze plate
File:Molen Tot Voordeel en Genoegen spoorwiel.jpg|Track wheel
File:Molen Tot Voordeel en Genoegen varkenswiel met bovenwiel.jpg |Pigs wheel with upper wheel
File:Molen Tot Voordeel en Genoegen bovenwielstut 24 juni 2008.jpg|Strut for blocking upper wheel
File:Molen Tot Voordeel en Genoegen vang trommel.jpg|Catch Drum
</gallery>
==References==
=== Citations ===
{{reflist}}
=== General sources ===
{{refbegin}}
*{{cite web |ref={{harvid|Alphen a/d Maas, Gelderland: 167}} |url=http://www.molendatabase.nl/nederland/molen.php?nummer=167
|title=Alphen a/d Maas, Gelderland: 167|work=Nederlandse Molendatabase|access-date=2013-05-10}}
*{{cite web |ref={{harvid|Molen "Tot Voordeel en Genoegen"}} |url=http://www.maaswaalweb.nl/molen-alphen/
|title=Molen "Tot Voordeel en Genoegen" Alphen aan de Maas|work=www.maaswaalweb |access-date=2013-05-10}}
*{{cite web |url=http://www.bdpoppen.nl/alphen.html
|last=Poppen |first=B.D. |date=27 December 2012|title=Tot Voordeel en Genoegen|access-date=2013-05-10}}
{{refend}}
== External links ==
{{Rijksmonument|8200}}
* {{Commonscat inline|Tot Voordeel en Genoegen, Alphen}}
{{Dutch Windmills}}
[[Category:Flour mills in the Netherlands]]
[[Category:Post mills in the Netherlands]]
[[Category:West Maas en Waal]]
[[Category:Windmills completed in 1798]]
[[Category:Windmills in Gelderland]]