Gemaal Lovink - Harderdijk 1

Consort

Special place.

Good fishing spot around here

Really a polder winner. Here you will experience the polder optima forma.

Nice to view.

Beautiful pumping station of water board Zuiderzeeland 2 x 900 hp electric motors good for more than 60,000 cubic water p / h Building, grounds and installation are original 1956 and very well maintained

The Gemaal Lovink or Gemaal H.J. Lovink is a pumping station of the Zuiderzeeland Water Board in Biddinghuizen, in the municipality of Dronten in the Dutch province of Flevoland. The pumping station is located on the Harderbosweg, between the Hoge Dwarsvaart and the Veluwemeer. Southwest of the pumping station are the lock De Blauwe Dromer (also known as Lovink lock), a lock lock for pleasure craft, and the hamlet of Harderhaven. The Lorentzhaven, a marina of Harderwijk, is located on the other side of Lake Veluwe. The architect was Dirk Roosenburg (1887-1962). The pumping station is named after Dr. H.J. Lovink (1866-1938), who was chairman of the state commission that prepared the reclamation of the Zuiderzee polders and was therefore involved in the construction of Proefpolder Andijk. The pumping station was commissioned in 1957, initially to mill the Eastern Flevoland polder together with the pumping station Colijn and Wortman, which succeeded. Above the entrance of the building hangs a ceramic relief designed by J.M. Roosenburg, a son of the architect. It depicts a fisherman and a farmer who shake hands with each other over a dyke. In 2010, the pumping station was designated as a national monument in the context of the List of monuments from the reconstruction period 1940-1958, the first within the municipality of Dronten.