© 2006 Rook & Nagelkerke
PUMPING STATION LELY
D. ROOSENBURG, BUREAU ZUIDERZEEWERKEN, 1928-1930
Zuiderdijkweg 22, Medemblik
ARCHITECT(URAL OFFICE):
Dirk Roosenburg
Bureau Zuiderzeewerken
BUILDING TYPE:
Civil engineering works
RELATED BUILDINGS:
Afsluitdijk
ARCHITECT(URAL OFFICE):
Dirk Roosenburg
Bureau Zuiderzeewerken
BUILDING TYPE:
Civil engineering works
PUBLICATIONS:
Bouwkundig Weekblad 1933 p. 419; de Architect 1982-10; Forum 1991-apr; K. Bosma - De kunstwerken van Rijkswaterstaat, 1993; D. van Hoogstraten - Dirk Roosenburg, 2005RELATED BUILDINGS:
Afsluitdijk
The first phase of the Zuiderzee reclamation project was to drain Wieringermeer. The Lely, with its three pumps set lengthwise, controls the water level in this polder. Water enters through three channels which can be shut off separately using paddles. The image of this white pumping station above the flat polder landscape survives as a monument to the optimism felt during the 1930s when embarking on the drainage of an entire inland sea.