Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal

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Ir. D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)*
UNESCO World Heritage Site

State Party	Netherlands
Type	Cultural
Criteria	i, ii, iv
Reference	867
Region†	Europe and North America
Inscription history
Inscription	1998 (22nd Session)
* Name as inscribed on World Heritage List. † Region as classified by UNESCO.

The ir. D.F. Woudagemaal (ir. Wouda pumping station) in the Netherlands, is the biggest currently running steam-powered pumping station in the world. On October 7, 1920 Queen Wilhelmina opened the pumping station that is used to pump out redundant water from Friesland.

In 1967, after 47 years running on coal, the boilers were rebuilt to run on oil.

Since 1998 the ir. D.F. Woudagemaal has been listed on the UNESCO World Heritage Site list.

[edit] External links

Official website

Notification when the pumping station is about to run [1]

Panoramic Images (Quicktime required) [2]

v • d • e World Heritage Sites in the Netherlands

Droogmakerij de Beemster (Beemster Polder) · Ir. D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station) · Defence Line of Amsterdam · Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout · Rietveld Schröderhuis (Rietveld Schröder House) · Schokland and Surroundings · Historic Area of Willemstad, Inner City and Harbour, Netherlands Antilles