Ir. D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station (Netherlands)
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Eilandgast
N 52° 50.811 E 005° 40.795
31U E 680468 N 5858599
This is the only steam-driven pumping engine in the world that still serves its original purpose. Per day approximately 6 million m³ water can be pumped.
Waymark Code: WM1DT
Location: Friesland, Netherlands
Date Posted: 09/13/2005
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Official Unesco web site:
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/867
The Wouda Pumping Station at Lemmer in the province of Friesland opened in 1920. It is the largest steam-pumping station ever built and is still in operation. It represents the high point of the contribution made by Netherlands engineers and architects in protecting their people and land against the natural forces of water.
A Spanish visitor made a beautiful panoramic website (http://www.panorama360.es/woudagemaal/) and wrote:
Historical machines and buildings like this keep the memory of the former times alive. The people who run the station and explain its workings to visitors make us feel a part of those times.
On the Dutch homepage you can find the Opening Hours http://www.woudagemaal.nl