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Nederland - Medemblik, Vier Noorder Koggen
Vier Noorder Koggen is pumping station, which was built in 1869 to support the existing windmills in draining the water out of the land. As the land in this part of the country is about three meters lower than the average sealevel. When it was no longer possible to drain the land at low tide, the Dutch started to use windmills. But WINDmills need wind, which is not always available.
Around 1850 steam power became affordable and soon steam power turned out to be cheaper than maintaining a mill. From 1869 on the auxiliary pumping station was built; just to pump when the mills could not. In 1897 the paddle wheels and archimedean screw pumps were replaced by four centrifugal pumps (two of those are still present in the building), which were replaced by two electric motors, in 1940.
In 1907 the building was enlarged and a big pump was installed, driven by a gas engine. This made 15 windmills redundant. This gas engine did not satisfy and was replaced by a steam engine in 1924. The big pump still functions and can drain 450.000 liters of water a minute. The steam engines operated until the completion of an electric pumping station at Wervershoof in 1975.
Nowadays the Vier Noorder Koggen houses theNederlands Stoommachine Museum, a steam engine museum, which opened its doors in 1985. The museum features a large collection of steam engines, indoors as well as outdoors. During our visit some of the engines worked (on steam).
Around 1850 steam power became affordable and soon steam power turned out to be cheaper than maintaining a mill. From 1869 on the auxiliary pumping station was built; just to pump when the mills could not. In 1897 the paddle wheels and archimedean screw pumps were replaced by four centrifugal pumps (two of those are still present in the building), which were replaced by two electric motors, in 1940.
In 1907 the building was enlarged and a big pump was installed, driven by a gas engine. This made 15 windmills redundant. This gas engine did not satisfy and was replaced by a steam engine in 1924. The big pump still functions and can drain 450.000 liters of water a minute. The steam engines operated until the completion of an electric pumping station at Wervershoof in 1975.
Nowadays the Vier Noorder Koggen houses theNederlands Stoommachine Museum, a steam engine museum, which opened its doors in 1985. The museum features a large collection of steam engines, indoors as well as outdoors. During our visit some of the engines worked (on steam).
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HFF, Jaap!
Lov also the pips
Wish you a marvelous HFF and weekend:)
bonne fin de semaine Jaap ! merci !
Bonne fin de semaine
PS Great Pips also
Have a nice weekend
HFF, Jaap, et bon week-end !
Superb pictures Jaap.
HFF and good weekend.
The image of the exterior and all the interior details are exemplary testimonies
Thank you also for the note, Jaap
Have a nice weekend
Have a wonderful weekend!
Jaap van 't Veen club has replied to X-pose clubHave a great weekend.
spring greetings → Marek-Ewjan
When these huge pumpings stations were built, the engineers and architects thought about the aesthetics as well as the practicalities...........this is a great example of that! They were also built to last..!!
Excellent work my friend!
Regards TOZ.
Jaap van 't Veen club has replied to TOZ clubFor me the main image should be the most important one.
Great composition, especially the reflections!!
Best Wishes, and a good weekend
Peter
HFF and a lovely weekend
HANWE.
HFF!
Enjoy your weekend... keep well
Cheers from David J'..
Bon week-end Jaap !
CIAO, Gastone.
Freundliche Grüße und ein schönes Wochenende
Erich
bon weekend Jaap !
bien conservé une visite que j'aimerai aussi faire
merci Jaap pour les explications
Cool factor #2:I dove into your narrative with great interest! This is a pumping station! It's just so different than most places in the world...I mean wow. Your country is so unique. Such a non-stop job to remove water. It's so fascinating, and you know, I had NO idea that windmills were once used to help pump out water...I really thought they were only for granarys and such.
What a great time you must have had visiting! How nice that some of the engines were working so you could see first-hand how it all works. NEATO.
Thank you so much for the great show, Jaap. It's always such a pleasure.
Also, I wanted to apologize for my lack of visits...I have been quite busy and haven't been able to do all of the comments I normally do. I really don't like visiting your pictures without giving them the time they deserve. Which means I don't always have the necessary time that I want to spend. It's frustrating but I'm doing my best! How I love your presentations, they are among the best experiences on ipernity! :)
Jaap van 't Veen club has replied to Janet Brien clubThere is absolutely no need to apologize for the lack of visits. With such extensive comments of course it must take a lot of time.
Eric Desjours club has replied to Janet Brien clubJanet Brien club has replied to Jaap van 't Veen clubYou're the best! :)
A titanic work and operation that shows how far man's attachment to his land can take him...
Thanks for sharing!
Have a great new week!
reminds me to steam pumping station Woudagemaal in Lemmer / Fryslan.
Jaap van 't Veen club has replied to Rupert HedgehogWünsche noch einen schönen Abend,ganz liebe Grüße Güni :))
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