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Landmark Attractions In Lemmer

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Lemmer is a town in the municipality of De Fryske Marren , in the Netherlands. It has a population of around 10,225 . and is one of Friesland's most famous water sport towns. The Ir. D.F. Woudagemaal is a steam-powered pumping station and UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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  • 1. Ir. D.F. Woudagemaal Lemmer
    The D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station is a pumping station in the Netherlands, and the largest still operational steam-powered pumping station in the world. On October 7, 1920 Queen Wilhelmina opened the pumping station. It was built to pump excess water out of Friesland, a province in the north of the Netherlands. In 1967, after running on coal for 47 years, the boilers were converted to run on heavy fuel oil. It has a pumping capacity of 4,000 m³ per minute, 1,000,000 GPM, 1,440 MGD. The pumping station is currently used to supplement the existing pumping capacity of the J.L. Hooglandgemaal in Stavoren in case of exceptionally high water levels in Friesland; this usually happens a few days per year. -4 tandem compound, reciprocating steam engines, with poppet valves. -8 Horizontal, Doubl...
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