Cruquius

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Cruquius is a village in North Holland, Netherlands, known for its historic steam pumping station that helped drain the Haarlemmermeer lake.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Cruquius Pumping Station 0
Pampus 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf steam pumping station
village
architecturalStyle neo-Gothic industrial architecture
borders Haarlemmermeer
surface form: Ringvaart of the Haarlemmermeer
completedIn 1849
convertedTo museum
country Netherlands
Netherlands
decommissionedIn 1933
hasAreaCode 023
hasAttraction Cruquius Pumping Station
hasEngineType Cornish beam engine
hasFeature one of the largest steam-driven beam engines ever built
hasFunction recreational area
residential area
hasLandmark Museum De Cruquius
hasMuseumName Museum De Cruquius
hasPostalCode 2142
hasRiver Haarlemmermeer
surface form: Ringvaart of the Haarlemmermeer
hasTransport bus connections to Haarlem
bus connections to Hoofddorp
heritageStatus Rijksmonument
locatedIn Cruquius self-linksurface differs
Haarlemmermeer
North Holland NERFINISHED
Randstad metropolitan region
surface form: Randstad
locatedNear Haarlem NERFINISHED
Haarlemmermeer
surface form: Haarlemmermeer polder

Heemstede NERFINISHED
Hoofddorp NERFINISHED
Haarlemmermeer
surface form: Ringvaart of the Haarlemmermeer
namedAfter Nicolaas Kruik
Nicolaas Kruik
surface form: Nicolaas Samuel Cruquius
openedIn 1849
operatedBy Rijkswaterstaat
partOf Haarlemmermeer drainage project
UNESCO World Heritage tentative list (Droogmakerij de Beemster and related works context)
municipality of Haarlemmermeer
poweredBy steam engine
province North Holland NERFINISHED
region Western Netherlands
timezone CET
timezoneDST CEST
touristAttraction yes
usedFor drainage of Haarlemmermeer

Referenced by (3)

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Haarlemmermeer contains Cruquius
IJmeer hasIsland Cruquius
this entity surface form: Pampus
Cruquius locatedIn Cruquius self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Cruquius Pumping Station