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Paper mill
Paper – how is it actually made?
Nowadays only very special paper is still ‘hand-made’, such as that used for wedding invitations. For a long time, however, this was the only way to produce paper. The process starts by pounding rags to form a pulp – white ones for white paper and coloured ones for grey paper. Linen was used to make paper for writing and printing, while cotton was used for packing paper. In the case of this mill, water power was used to drive hammers that pounded the rags to a pulp. The paper-maker would then use a frame to create a very thin pulp layer. A press would be used to remove the water and the paper would then be hung up to dry. For a long time the Veluwe region was the centre of paper production in the Netherlands, due to the purity of its water. There were hundreds of these mills in operation from the 17th century onwards.
Reconstruction, constructed here in 1933 Interior: 1850.