De Cruquius - Cruquiusdijk 27
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Contact De Cruquius
| Address : | Cruquiusdijk 27, 2142 ER Cruquius, Netherlands |
| Phone : | 📞 +87 |
| Postal code : | 2142 |
| Website : | https://www.haarlemmermeermuseum.nl/ |
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| City : | Cruquius |
| Description : | Museum showing a Victorian steam engine used for reclamation, with a 12-ft. wide tank, plus tearoom. |
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Girish (Giri) on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Brilliantly well preserved steam pump station which was used to drain the great haarlem lake. An animation film explains the events leading upto the formation of great lake and factors which led to the decision of draining the lake. This is one of the largest cylinder steam engine which is also a mechanical marvel in itself.a ftiendly volunteer guide shows you the working of the entire facility. Don't miss this and yeah try ice cream macaroon in the cafe nearby.
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Pat Sasje on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ This is high-tech from the industrial revolution. The machine is made with love and now threaten as it should in the days of retirement.
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Alexander Wijnhamer on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Great museum about the Dutch way to get more space.
Beautiful early industrial building, one of the few in the Netherlands
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Robert van Geenen on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Nice Technology museum. Impressive steam engine. Unfortunately the steam engine has been decommissioned, but for demonstration purposes the pumps are electrically powered, which gives a good impression of the awesome water displacement capacity of this marvel of the beginning of the steam-powered chapter of our industrial age
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Alek Polizovski on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Excellent engineering for 1800's. On Sunday there is a small tour with actors (in Dutch), and the pump is activated (normally now with electric motor) and small tour is given like 30 min. Before 12 min movie about the Dutch problems with water and how did they fix it. Nice map of NL with zones of lakes that were fluded regularly.
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Niek Batstra on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Small but beautiful museum! Friendly staff.. they show you how the machines used to work (not with steam like before but still. Great to see! For the smaller kids they have a so called 'speurtocht' which was really nice for them (5 and 6 years old). Next to the museum is a recovery place to eat and drink (theehuis). Free parking too
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Dmytro S on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Exciting place. There are some examples of historical steam powered machines and the most important exhibit - huge water pump that was powered by steam. It's a masterpiece of engineering. What amazed me the most is that it still works. Of course nowadays the mechanism is driven by electric motors but it's still looks amazing and even frighteningly.
Thanks a lot for the tour and demonstration.
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Stuart Fisher on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Wonderful - we visited with 3 young children and we all had a fantastic time. A very personal tour was given which our eldest son who is 6 loved - he even got to press the buttons which start the main pump. The employees are very passionate and kind. A fantastic 2 hours
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