Bakkerij De Korenschoof

In 1779, Abraham Welsingh en Adriaen Swartendijk established a water mill on the river Vecht intending to produce thread and textiles with an Arkwright water-powered spinning machine. The factory was sold several times until it closed in 1799. From 1812, the water mill added producing flour, becoming successful and expanding, notably by buying the water rights of a nearby silk factory, "Zijde Balen" on the river Vecht. Steam power was introduced in 1856.

In 1857 The flour and bread factory De Korenschoof opened on the vacated grounds of "Zijde Balen" on Kaatstraat in Utrecht, adding a steam engine powering a flour grinder. In 1875, the last mill stones were replaced by steam driven presses, using porcelain cylinders.

In 1882, De Korenschoof also became a co-operative retail bread and pastry vendor. The company established a bread distribution system and several bakeries shops, later Lubro (luxury bread) shops, in Utrecht and Rotterdam. The flour factory was lost in a fire in 1885, but the bread factory was spared. Only 18 months later, the flour factory was rebuilt. The water mill was removed in 1906. In 1916, the factory was completely electrified. Foto: Silo and warehouse, around 1930.

The bread factory closed in 1938, but it was replaced by a Lubro factory on Hogenoord 1 in Utrecht in 1946. The flour factory lasted until 1970. Around 1978 the former flour factory was demolished. The Lubro bread factory was closed in 2004. The building was re-purposed for housing, offices and shops.

Discount token
File:NCKO1.jpg
	Filename	NCKO1
	Side 1	WAARDE / MUNT (coin with value, around: BROOD- EN BANKETBAKKERIJ and DE KORENSCHOOF (bread and pastry bakery the sheaf of corn)
	Side 2	Blank
	Material	Carton.
	Size (mm)	27
	Weight (grams)
	Notes	Kooij lists this token in the section bread tokens. Bakery "De Korenschoof" in Utrecht was a co-operative.
	Source	Kooij