#GEMALEN 😍 The above question I asked myself after today's rainfall, 8 October 2020.
In 1860, a first drainage lock at #Blokzijl . In 1893 the second drainage lock came into the Ettenlandsche Kolk, where the pumping station A.F. Stroïnk is now located. The pumping station is a monumental building and a national monument. It was built in 1918 with two pumps and two upright steam engines. The third pump was built in 1928. This pump initially served to pump out water that was released from the Meppelerdiep (to relieve Meppel) onto the #Zuiderzee .
In the past, the pumping station A.F. Stroïnk only carried water out from the area, but since 1996 water has also been introduced when water is too low. As a result, the water quality in the natural areas has improved significantly.
The pumping station #Stro It regulates the level at the bosom (water storage area) of north-west Overijssel and indirectly from the polders in north-west Overijssel, the polder Nijeveen-Kolderveen and the water catchment area of the Vledder and Wapserveense Aa. The total area of this area is over 50,000 hectares.
The steam pumping station is named after dike graph A.F. Stroïnk. This dike graph has worked hard for the setting of the area, in which he also looked over the provincial border. He managed to convince the inhabitants of Drenthe and North-West Overijssel that the influence of landing would have a positive effect.
In 1996 it was decided to let water into the pumping station A.F. Stroink. This used to happen via the Linthorst Homansluis in Ossenzijl. During the inlet of water, an average of 300 million litres of foreign water flowed from here a day to the ditches and lakes of North-West Overijssel. That water quickly mixed with the water present in the Weerribben.
In order to allow water to enter at pumping station A.F. Stroink, a new intake work has been built. This has important advantages, because the inlet water can now be pumped out again. Moreover, it hardly gets the chance to mix with water already present in the area.