[1] The history of De Gekroonde Poelenburg is rather complicated involving several distinct windmills.

It was acquired by Vereniging De Zaansche Molen and moved to the Zaanse Schans in 1963.

In hindsight a misunderstanding on the weight distribution of paltrok mills may have caused the problem.

Another misunderstanding was put right in 2005 when the black tar coating of 1963 was replaced by the original bright green paint.

[2] De Gekroonde Poelenburg is a Dutch paltrok mill - a wooden mill supported on a short central post and a ring of wooden rollers on a low brick base and designed specifically for sawing wood.

They are carried on a cast-iron windshaft cast by foundry De Prins van Oranje as number 0430 in 1866.