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Description
HDR at F8 and 3 exposures , merged and tonemapped in Sephia with Mediachance.

Subject the steam operated pumping station the Cruquis

Introduction

After centuries of making plans, a bill was accepted in 1839 for the draining of the Haarlemmermeer (Lake Haarlem), based on the original plan of F.G. Baron van Lynden van Hemmen (1761-1845). Realisation of the draining would be done with the aid of three steam pumping stations built for the purpose.
The pumping stations were named after famous civil engineers: Leeghwater, Lijnden and Cruquius. Construction of the Leeghwater started in 1845; construction of the Lijnden and Cruquius started in 1847. The buildings were designed by the Dutch civil engineer Jan Anne Beijerinck (1800-1847), whilst the engines were designed by Joseph Gibbs and Arthur Dean from London. The steam engine itself was built by Harvey & Co in Hayle (Cornwall), the pumps by Fox & Co in Falmouth (Cornwall), the balance beams and boilers by Van Vlissingen & Dudok van Heel in Amsterdam.

The former steam pumping station was built in neo-Gothic style in 1847: the building is an ode to Progress, it is richly ornamented and looks like a medieval castle: a stronghold, but in this case against the water.

It is an industrial monument of world proportions. From 1849 till 1852 the Cruquius, together with its sister steam pumping stations "Leeghwater" and "Lijnden", drained the Haarlemmermeer and kept it drained thereafter.

In 1912 the Cruquius became a backup for the other two, to finally be put out of service on June 10, 1933, with a last ceremonial stroke of its pumps.

The engine-room

Absolute culminating point of every visit to the Cruquius is with certainty the impressive engine-room, dating from 1849. It houses the largest steam engine ever built, with a cylinder of no less than 144 inches in diameter!

This colossal machine drives eight beams that weigh 10 tons each and stretch out from the building like tentacles, in turn driving eight giant water pumps which together raised 64.000 liters of water at every stroke!

Hope you like it , greetz lenZ

Description
HDR at F8 and 3 exposures , merged and tonemapped in Sephia with Mediachance.

Subject the steam operated pumping station the Cruquis

Introduction

After centuries of making plans, a bill was accepted in 1839 for the draining of the Haarlemmermeer (Lake Haarlem), based on the original plan of F.G. Baron van Lynden van Hemmen (1761-1845). Realisation of the draining would be done with the aid of three steam pumping stations built for the purpose.
The pumping stations were named after famous civil engineers: Leeghwater, Lijnden and Cruquius. Construction of the Leeghwater started in 1845; construction of the Lijnden and Cruquius started in 1847. The buildings were designed by the Dutch civil engineer Jan Anne Beijerinck (1800-1847), whilst the engines were designed by Joseph Gibbs and Arthur Dean from London. The steam engine itself was built by Harvey & Co in Hayle (Cornwall), the pumps by Fox & Co in Falmouth (Cornwall), the balance beams and boilers by Van Vlissingen & Dudok van Heel in Amsterdam.

The former steam pumping station was built in neo-Gothic style in 1847: the building is an ode to Progress, it is richly ornamented and looks like a medieval castle: a stronghold, but in this case against the water.

It is an industrial monument of world proportions. From 1849 till 1852 the Cruquius, together with its sister steam pumping stations "Leeghwater" and "Lijnden", drained the Haarlemmermeer and kept it drained thereafter.

In 1912 the Cruquius became a backup for the other two, to finally be put out of service on June 10, 1933, with a last ceremonial stroke of its pumps.

The engine-room

Absolute culminating point of every visit to the Cruquius is with certainty the impressive engine-room, dating from 1849. It houses the largest steam engine ever built, with a cylinder of no less than 144 inches in diameter!

This colossal machine drives eight beams that weigh 10 tons each and stretch out from the building like tentacles, in turn driving eight giant water pumps which together raised 64.000 liters of water at every stroke!

Hope you like it , greetz lenZ