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Ir. D.F. Woudagemaal

The largest steam-powered pumping station ever built and still the largest still operational in the world, completed in 1920 in Friesland to protect the province from flooding - it remains in active service, pumping excess water into open water during severe flood conditions.

Dated events and their evidence

• 1920 CE mainstream
  pumping station completed source
• 1998 CE mainstream
  UNESCO World Heritage inscription source

Where

52.8458° N, 5.6789° E

Sources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wouda_pumping_station

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