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Museum in Cruquius, North Holland, Netherlands
The Museum De Cruquius occupies the old Cruquius steam pumping station in Cruquius, the Netherlands. It derives its name from Nicolaas Kruik, a Dutch land-surveyor and one of many promoters of a plan to pump the Haarlemmermeer dry.
Address: Cruquiusdijk 27, 2142 ER Cruquius, Netherlands
Hours: Open ⋅ Closes 5 PM
Phone: +31 23 528 5704
Cruquius Museum offers guided tours for groups in English, French, German and Dutch any day of the week. We kindly ask you to book these in advance. Contact us ...
The Museum De Cruquius (or Cruquiusmuseum) occupies the old Cruquius steam pumping station in Cruquius, the Netherlands. It derives its name from Nicolaas ...
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Chronicling the Dutch reclamation of land from the sea, the museum features exhibits on the function of windmills, steam-driven pumps or "Cruquius," and modern ...
Cruquius Museum offers guided tours for groups in English, French, German and Dutch any day of the week. We kindly ask you to book these in advance. Contact us ...
The Cruquius Museum tells the story of the age-old struggle against the water by the Dutch people. The reclamation of Haarlemmermeer by means of steam power ...
The Cruquius houses the largest steam engine of its kind in the world. The engine room, where nothing has changed since 1849, is a marvel of Victorian ...
Read more on this original Cruquius website with information about the historical and technical aspects of polder drainage and Cornwall steam engines. Because ...
Hidden inside is the largest steam engine ever built. Its cylinder is no less than 144 in diameter and it can pump 320,000 litres of water per minute. The best ...
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The museum is dedicated to the industrial history. The collection consists of steam engines, models of windmills, polder architectural models and old maps, that ...
