Mill at the Stink Dirt
The Purmer Lake was drained between 1618-1622 using mills that pumped the water out on the Purmerringvaart.
Via the Purmer Ee, which was also called the Stinkevuil, the water entered the IJsselmeer, which was then called Zuiderzee. Near the bridge were also three windmills. The three mills were also called the Stinkevuil corridor. Several mills standing together, which jointly pump out water, are called a mill corridor. This photo was taken around 1900 of one of the mills that stood here. In the foreground is miller Klaas Christiaansz Schaatsbergen and his family. The mill was demolished in 1909.