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Prins Alexander upper pumping station, Kralingscheveer
Also titled Bovenstoomgemaal Prins Alexander, Kralingscheveer
Jacobus van Gorkom jr. (Rotterdam, 1827–1880)
1869-09-04
- Medium
- cardboard, paper
- Classification
- photograph
- Dimensions
- height 32.3 cm x width 47.2 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its museum says too little about what it shows to place it for younger viewers. How works are placed
About this work
These iron machines were marvels of modern technology in their day, and made it possible to drain and keep Holland’s polders dry. The machines are presented as showpieces in these government-commissioned photos. To drain the lakes east of Rotterdam, engineers dug a canal and a peripheral waterway to flush away the water. Then they extracted the water with pumps at Kralingen, Capelle and Nieuwerkerk.
