Bone Mill from Knonau Zurich 19th Century
by Michelle Meenawong
Title
Bone Mill from Knonau Zurich 19th Century
Artist
Michelle Meenawong
Medium
Photograph - Metal Print
Description
Bone Mill
from Knonau Zurich 19th Century
The functional stone building with half timber gables and walls was built after 1800. It stood by the Hasel brook in the “im Grund” quarter of Knonau. The stamp mill inside comes from Bernese Heimisbach.
Bone Meal as Fertiliser
What plants need for growth are especially phosphorous, potassium and nitrogen. Muck (manure) as natural fertiliser contains these minerals. After 1780 bone meal, which contains 20 % phosphates, was also used.
In Tact
A waterwheel turns a wooden shaft, the cam boom. Eight wooden cam pegs lift rams up and let them drop down again under their own weight. The blows following one another in mere seconds crush the boiled bones until the catchment trough contains nothing but meal.
The last bone mills shut down in the 1960’s. The Knonau mill probably closed shortly after 1900. In 1970 the semi-detached house “Zur Stampfi” to which the bone mill belonged burned down. The old neighbouring buildings had already been torn down and the unused derelict “Stampfi’s” days were numbered. The demolition permit had already been granted when the Open-Air Museum took it over in 1984.
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