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PUMPING STATION LELY
D. ROOSENBURG, BUREAU ZUIDERZEEWERKEN, 1928-1930, Zuiderdijkweg 22, Medemblik
Gemaal Lely / Pumping Station Lely ( D. Roosenburg, Bureau Zuiderzeewerken )
© 2006 Rook & Nagelkerke

ARCHITECT(URAL OFFICE):
Dirk Roosenburg
Bureau Zuiderzeewerken

BUILDING TYPE:
Civil engineering works


RELATED 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.