Haarlemmermeer drainage project

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The Haarlemmermeer drainage project was a 19th-century Dutch engineering undertaking that used steam-powered pumping stations to reclaim the former Haarlemmermeer lake and create new agricultural and settlement land.

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instanceOf civil engineering project ⓘ
hydraulic engineering project ⓘ
land reclamation project ⓘ
aim create agricultural land ⓘ
create land for settlement ⓘ
reclaim Haarlemmermeer lake ⓘ
appliesEngineeringDiscipline civil engineering ⓘ
hydraulic engineering ⓘ
mechanical engineering ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Province of North Holland ⓘ
areaDrained approximately 18,000 hectares ⓘ
country Kingdom of the Netherlands ⓘ
endTime 1852 ⓘ
followedBy agricultural development of Haarlemmermeer polder ⓘ
establishment of the municipality of Haarlemmermeer ⓘ
hasEffect creation of new settlement areas such as Hoofddorp ⓘ
expansion of cultivable land in North Holland ⓘ
improvement of regional water management ⓘ
hasPart Cruquius pumping station ⓘ
Leeghwater pumping station ⓘ
Lijnden pumping station ⓘ
heritageStatus precursor to modern Dutch polder projects ⓘ
historicalPeriod 19th century ⓘ
inception law of 1837 authorizing drainage ⓘ
inspiredBy flooding threats from Haarlemmermeer lake ⓘ
location Haarlemmermeer ⓘ
Netherlands ⓘ
North Holland ⓘ
method continuous pumping of lake water into surrounding ring canal ⓘ
notableWork construction of three large steam pumping stations ⓘ
operator Dutch national government ⓘ
partOf Dutch struggle against water ⓘ
history of Dutch land reclamation ⓘ
precededBy earlier proposals to drain Haarlemmermeer ⓘ
result creation of Haarlemmermeer polder ⓘ
reduction of flood risk between Amsterdam and Leiden ⓘ
significantEvent drainage of Haarlemmermeer lake ⓘ
significantPerson King William I of the Netherlands ⓘ
King William II of the Netherlands ⓘ
engineer F.W. Conrad ⓘ
engineer Jan Anne Beijerinck ⓘ
startTime 1840 ⓘ
transportedTo Ringvaart canal ⓘ
uses dikes ⓘ
ring canal ⓘ
steam-powered pumping stations ⓘ
waterBodyDrained Haarlemmermeer lake ⓘ
linked to: Haarlemmermeer

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Cruquius Pumping Station → partOf → Haarlemmermeer drainage project ⓘ
subject linked to: Cruquius
Vijfhuizen → hasHistoricalRelation → Haarlemmermeer reclamation ⓘ
linked to: Haarlemmermeer drainage project
Cruquius Pumping Station → partOf → Haarlemmermeer drainage project ⓘ
Museum De Cruquius → relatedTo → Haarlemmermeer reclamation ⓘ
linked to: Haarlemmermeer drainage project
UNESCO World Heritage tentative list (Droogmakerij de Beemster and related works context) → associatedWith → Haarlemmermeer reclamation works ⓘ
linked to: Haarlemmermeer drainage project
Ringvaart of the Haarlemmermeer → partOf → Haarlemmermeer drainage system ⓘ
linked to: Haarlemmermeer drainage project
Ringvaart canal → historicalUse → reclamation of Haarlemmermeer ⓘ
linked to: Haarlemmermeer drainage project
Ringvaart canal → partOf → Haarlemmermeer drainage system ⓘ
linked to: Haarlemmermeer drainage project
Lijnden pumping station → partOf → Haarlemmermeer drainage works ⓘ
linked to: Haarlemmermeer drainage project
Lijnden pumping station → associatedWith → Haarlemmermeer lake reclamation ⓘ
linked to: Haarlemmermeer drainage project