Water outlet from an old steam pumping station - Lopik, the Netherlands
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N 51° 57.905 E 004° 57.217
31U E 634215 N 5758957
Remains from an old pumping station near the dyke of the Lek to the south of Lopik, the Netherlands
Waymark Code: WM12BAH
Location: Utrecht, Netherlands
Date Posted: 04/19/2020
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From AD.nl:
De heul Wiel en Vogelzang stamt uit 1599. De herdenkingssteen zit er nog. Bij hoog rivierwater viel de klep dicht, zodat het Lekwater niet de polders in stroomde. In 1845 brak het sluisje in de heul en liep het water de polder in. Om te voorkomen dat de hele Lopiker- en Krimpenerwaard onder zouden stromen, werd het huis naast de sluis afgebroken om het puin in de sluis te storten. De heul werd vervangen door een gemetselde versie. Op het eind van de waterloop stond een buitendijkse molen, waarvan de ruïne nog aan de rivier ligt. De heul lag aanvankelijk buitendijks. Bij dijkverzwaring is de dijk verlegd, waardoor hij binnendijks kwam te liggen.
From AD.nl:
The water windmill Wiel and Vogelzang dates from 1599. The memorial stone is still there. The valve closed during high river water, so that the leak water did not flow into the polders. In 1845 the lock in the hull broke and the water ran into the polder. To prevent the entire Lopiker- and Krimpenerwaard from flooding, the house next to the lock was demolished to deposit the rubble in the lock. The shell was replaced by a brick version. At the end of the watercourse there was an outside dike mill, the ruin of which is still on the river. The hull was initially outside the dikes. In the case of dike reinforcement, the dike was moved, so that it came to lie inside the dike.
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