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The ir. D.F. Woudagemaal (ir. Wouda pumping station) in the Netherlands, is the biggest currently running steam-powered pumping station in the world. On October 7, 1920 Queen Wilhelmina opened the pumping station that is used to pump out redundant water from Friesland. In 1967, after 47 years running on coal, the boilers were rebuilt to run on oil.

Since 1998 the ir. D.F. Woudagemaal has been listed on the UNESCO World Heritage Site list.

The ir. D.F. Woudagemaal (ir. Wouda pumping station) in the Netherlands, is the biggest currently running steam-powered pumping station in the world. On October 7, 1920 Queen Wilhelmina opened the pumping station that is used to pump out redundant water from Friesland. In 1967, after 47 years running on coal, the boilers were rebuilt to run on oil.

Since 1998 the ir. D.F. Woudagemaal has been listed on the UNESCO World Heritage Site list.

In 6 days of pumping activities they had around 10.000 visitors, peaking till some 2500 visitors in one day. Each day some 30 volunteers are active in this old fashioned water pumping steam engines station, out from a total of 90 volunteers in this Unesco World Heritage site..

Out in the storm we had to wait for some 20 minutes, while in the canteen we had also to wait for another 45 minutes before our excursion group left the exhibition centre and canteen.