Wouda pumping station

This is in a relatively remote country, the traffic is not very convenient, it is best to drive by yourself, otherwise it depends on the route I mentioned in the traffic,,, the air is filled with the smell of cow father, but it is a very commemorative place, the Dutch people in order to fight the water building of the world first The steam pump station can still operate until now,,, tickets 8 euros, the staff is very enthusiastic, I also put a 3D movie for me alone, borrowed IPAD to let me see the Chinese version of the introduction, here the introduction text is all Dutch, you can use the museum WIFI download APP to listen to the introduction will be more interesting And although I am a person and have a warm uncle accompanied the introduction, let you see the engineering technology in the Netherlands 100 years ago, it is still amazing that they mastered the technology at that time.

Very practical building that has been in use for many years

Wada steam pumping station, located in Lemsterland, Frysln, northern Netherlands. After a flood in 1894, the Dutch decided to drain the water from the southwest of Frisland. The Dutch built the world's largest steam pumping station at the time, Wanda. It is said that each steam pumping station would require 15 workers to operate, and it would take6-8 hours to boil the water stored in the giant jars in the plant, creating a lot of steam. Driven by steam, the displacement can reach 4,000 cubic meters per minute, a speed that other forces in the old industrial era could not reach. That means, quite awesome! So the Wada steam pump station, which is still working, was listed as a World Heritage Site in 1998. The 100-year-old steam pump is the largest existing steam pump in the world that can still work properly. The century-old building is also equivalent to a very meaningful museum, receiving a large number of visitors every year. Maybe you don't understand Dutch history, don't care about water conservancy projects, just come and see this ancient and elegant building is also very worthwhile~

Can be ranked as one of the attractions on the "one person eats" and "one person watches a movie" ...... Loneliness level list. One person goes to see the steam pumping station in the wilderness hahaha. In the Netherlands, a quarter of the land is built by the sea, there is a saying, "God made the sea, the Netherlands man-made land", and the Dutch province of Frisland, the only, the province is all the land is built by the sea, the whole province is below sea level, and the threat of being submerged by the sea is always. For hundreds of years, the Dutch have worked for generations to manage water, learn and live peacefully with the sea. The Wada steam pumping station is the most outstanding water control officer in the steam era, and engineers use steam energy to drain excess water. Today, the modern pumping facility and dam protector of the Netherlands, the homeland security, no longer need steam power, and the Wada steam pump is still operating, like a spirited old man. The Wada steam pump was listed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1998.