Wouda gemaal

[supertjeduc]

I have been to a pumping station (is this a good google translate thing don't know)
It's in the Netherlands , and when is't realy getting wet they start up this steam driven station to pump out the water
It has 4 steam engines and eight 500m3/minute pumps
It think it's great ,it's in 1920 and it's run by volunteers

http://supertjeduc.zenfolio.com/p469279432/slideshow

[WarrenJ]

Thats pretty cool - I've had the opportunity to help with a couple steam powered sawmills - fun stuff  Thanks for the pics!

[Speeddog]

8 x 500m³ Pumps?

That's water flowing at 240 kph in a 1.12m diameter pipe.

That's a *lot* of water. 

[supertjeduc]

8 x 500m³ Pumps?

That's water flowing at 240 kph in a 1.12m diameter pipe.

That's a *lot* of water. 

http://translate.google.nl/translate?sl=nl&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=nl&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.woudagemaal.nl%2F7438%2Fstoomgemaal%2F&act=url

Why 1.12m diameter?

[Monsterlover]

Awesome!

[Speeddog]

~~~SNIP~~~
Why 1.12m diameter?

1.12m diameter = 1m²

Made the calculations easy. 

[Rob Hilding]

1.12m diameter = 1m²

Made the calculations easy. 

Engineers are prohibited by law from "making things easy"