Monday, 30 May 2016

The Wouda Pumping Station,Netherlands.


The Wouda Pumping Station (Ir. D.F. Woudagemaal) at Lemmer in the province of Fryslân opened in 1920. It is exceptional as the largest and most powerful steam-driven installation for hydraulic purposes ever built, and one that is still successfully carrying out the function for which it was designed. It is a masterpiece of the work of Dutch hydraulic engineers and architects, whose significant contribution in this field is unchallenged. It was the largest and the technologically most advanced steam pumping station in the world at the time it was built, and it has remained so ever since.(Courtesy-UNESCO)


Thank you Oetske for the beautiful card and so many used stamps of Netherlands.To be precise more than 70 used stamps

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