... Great view of an elegantly designed building inspired by the Amsterdam School style... the red brick chimney has a diameter of 6.25 meters at the bottom and tapers to 3.0 meters at the top, 55 meters up...inside are the mechanics of the largest steam-pump station ever built... a masterpiece of engineering and the most technologically advanced steam pumping station in the world that is still working.... 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 (almost half of The Netherlands is located below sea-level).... it is capable of pumping 6 million m³ of water per day out into the sea... the pumping station can still be used but it's just for emergencies... the whole compound is now open for visitors... so you get to walk through the inside and see the machines and the building from the outside... there's an excellent and modern visitors center where you start and you'll need to go with a guide... Thanks Edyta!ヽ(ヅ)ノ
The pumping station was built in 1920 and is named after Ir. Dirk .Frederik Wouda, (1880-1961) the head engineer who was responsible for its design and construction.The Technische Hogeschool Delft helped mister Wouda with the calculations. In 1967, after running on coal for 47 years, the boilers were converted to run on heavy fuel oil.
In 1998 the Ir. D.F. Woudagemaal pumping station was ‘inscribed’ on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
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