Steam you only hear when the pumping station is running

Sources

Sources consulted on 16 September 2026. The museum sources support the object details, history or the museum’s own programme. Viewing tips and interpretation of the images are editorial interpretation.

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Ir. D.F. Woudagemaal – World Heritage
Working steam pumping station, monument and reserve function
Woudagemaal
Visits, steam sessions depending on water level and programme
Switch to oil firing – Wouda’s Wiki
Conversion from coal to oil in 1967
Centrifugal pump – Wouda’s Wiki
Eight centrifugal pumps in the Woudagemaal

Images and captions

**Detail of a steam engine at the Woudagemaal.**
Ellywa · CC BY-SA 4.0. Own work
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**Steam boiler and pipes at the Woudagemaal near Lemmer.**
Breic54 · CC BY-SA 4.0. Own work
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Reduced in size and converted to WebP for the web; no editing of the image content.

Current situation

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