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The world's largest and best-preserved steam engine: De Cruquius 

Leo Kessels
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During my visit to Madurodam I saw the attraction "Waterwolf", based on the "Cruquius" steam pumping station. This was one of the 3 pumping stations that pumped the Haarlemmermeer dry from 1849 to 1852. The real Cruquius is still there today and is now a museum. The steam boilers have been removed from the boiler house. This is now an exhibition space. The engine room from 1849 is still present. It contains the world's largest and best-preserved steam engine, the Cornish Engine with a cylinder of 3.66 meters in diameter. This machine drives eight balance arms of 10,000 kg each that protrude like tentacles. Pistons hang on these arms and act as water pumps. Together, they raised 64,000 liters of water with each stroke of the steam engine to the wooden dumping floor around five meters above the engine room, which then entered the ring canal through locks on both sides of the boiler house.
* English subtitles available.
Bij mijn bezoek aan Madurodam zag ik de attractie “Waterwolf”, gebaseerd op het stoomgemaal “de Cruquius”. Dit was een van de 3 gemalen, waarmee het Haarlemmermeer van 1849 tot 1852 werd droog gepompt. De echte Cruquius staat er nu nog steeds en is een museum. De stoomketels zijn verwijderd uit het ketelhuis. Dit is nu een expositieruimte. De machinekamer uit 1849 is nog aanwezig. Hierin staat 's werelds grootste en best bewaarde stoommachine, de Cornish Engine met een cilinder van 3,66 meter doorsnee. Deze machine drijft acht balansarmen aan van elk 10.000 kilo die als tentakels naar buiten steken. Aan deze armen hangen zuigers die als waterpomp werken. Samen brachten die bij elke slag van de stoommachine 64.000 liter water omhoog naar de ruim vijf meter hoger gelegen houten stortvloer rond de machinekamer, dat daarna door sluizen aan weerskanten van het ketelhuis de ringvaart instroomde.
Während meines Besuchs in Madurodam sah ich die Attraktion "Waterwolf", basierend auf der Dampfpumpstation "Cruquius". Dies war eine der 3 Pumpstationen, die das Haarlemmermeer von 1849 bis 1852 trocken förderten. Der echte Cruquius ist heute noch da und ist ein Museum. Die Dampfkessel wurden aus dem Kesselhaus entfernt. Dies ist jetzt ein Ausstellungsraum. Der Maschinenraum von 1849 ist noch vorhanden. Es enthält die weltweit größte und am besten erhaltene Dampfmaschine, die Cornish Engine mit einem Zylinder von 3,66 Metern Durchmesser. Diese Maschine treibt acht Gleichgewichtsarme von jeweils 10.000 kg an, die wie Tentakeln hervorstehen. Kolben hängen an diesen Armen und wirken als Wasserpumpen. Zusammen förderten sie mit jedem Hub der Dampfmaschine 64.000 Liter Wasser auf den hölzernen Schüttboden, der sich etwa fünf Meter über dem Maschinenraum befand und dann durch Schleusen an beiden Seiten des Kesselhauses in den Ringkanal gelangte.
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@leokessels88
@leokessels88 3 года назад
Press "read more" for the complete story English subtitles available Deutsche Untertitel verfügbar
@atomatman3104
@atomatman3104 День назад
FU N THE RAZZOR
@imdeplorable2241
@imdeplorable2241 3 года назад
While the thought and engineering that went into this is amazing, being a tradesman myself, I think about the men who actually built it --- brick masons, hod carriers, carpenters, laborers, plumbers, roofers, painters, millwights, machinists, etc. Mein Gott! Thank you to those who have restored and preserved this engineering marvel. And, thank you to the one who put this video together for us to learn.
@leokessels88
@leokessels88 3 года назад
👍 thanks for the compliments
@bastarddoggy
@bastarddoggy 3 года назад
I once built a working diorama of the Haarlemmermeer Polder measuring 4 feet by 8 feet. The polder filled and drained with water from underneath with an electric pump and valves. Our Dutch social club used it as a display at our International Festival to show folks how the Dutch people have been working with water and reclaiming land for centuries.
@kevindavis6042
@kevindavis6042 3 года назад
Built in a time when people cared about what they made looked like as well as will it last Truly beautiful engineering
@jimfrazier8611
@jimfrazier8611 3 года назад
The engineer in me says it's only that large because it was primitive and inefficient, but the human in me says it is awe-inspiring precisely because it was so large, especially in an age when everything was built by hand. Every new project back then was a prototype of sorts, and even after the engineers claimed to have the bugs worked out, the operators would spend years getting it to work right.
@dv7533
@dv7533 3 года назад
The primitiveness is partially intentional. The Netherlands wasn't nearly as industrialized as many other countries. The industry to support steam engines with spare parts and specialized mechanics was in its infancy so these machines had to be designed and built in the United Kingdom. High pressure steam engines would have required higher grade materials and workmanship than was readily available in the Netherlands at the time. To make sure they were reliable and maintainable in the field without having to have to bring in specialists and parts from overseas when they broke down they were based on mature technology, maintainable by locals, with emergency repairs possible with locally sourced materials. These pumps had to be kept pumping. Sometimes you have to choose reliability and maintainability over efficiency.
@cpufreak101
@cpufreak101 3 года назад
@@dv7533 to think that argument applies to some people here stateside sticking with an old V8 pickup over a modern 4 cylinder car. their skillset for repairs and parts reserve already perfectly matches the truck, and the fuel economy gains of a smaller engine don't outweigh the maintainability of their existing vehicle. goes to show this principle can exist in many forms all around the world.
@disklamer
@disklamer 3 года назад
The location is super scenic too. For those who struggle with conversions, the cylinder is about 12 feet in diameter, the balance arms are 22.000 pounds each, and the ngine pumped some 17.000 gallons of water per cycle.
@leokessels88
@leokessels88 3 года назад
Thanks for the service 😊
@disklamer
@disklamer 3 года назад
@@leokessels88 Thanks for the video, I have some good memories there.
@johnhayward7173
@johnhayward7173 3 года назад
Poetry in Motion and what a grand restoration; it looks like it was built yesterday. Thanks for the video.
@leokessels88
@leokessels88 3 года назад
Thanks for the tumbs up. You're welcome 😊
@machobunny1
@machobunny1 6 месяцев назад
Each of these old steam engines is a work of art. Of course the art of engineering may not always be considered for its purely aesthetic qualities, but these things embody beauty as surely as does any classic art work anywhere on earth.
@leokessels88
@leokessels88 6 месяцев назад
Fortunately, these industrial works of art are increasingly cherished and preserved.
@CountScarlioni
@CountScarlioni 3 года назад
What a gorgeous machine! It's always especially wonderful to see these great engines occupying the spaces they were originally designed to inhabit, not broken up or mothballed in a dusty exhibition somewhere. I may have to add this to my list of places to go the next time I'm visiting The Netherlands. (Whenever Covid finally buggers off and makes that a possibility again!)
@ichabodon
@ichabodon 3 года назад
Beautiful. Glad there are people all around the world who look after such machinery. We all have a heritage
@leokessels88
@leokessels88 3 года назад
That's right. We also keep our heritage alive in our town. See my videos about Steyl and the Hannoversche Steamengine in the "Ketelhuis".
@marsmellow1589
@marsmellow1589 3 года назад
In Lemmer there is a preserved working steam pump. The "Woudagemaal". It now servers as a backup when the water levels are exceptional. A couple of years ago i had the privilege to visit it under steam. It is hard to imagine the forces that are going on when you consider how quiet it is. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wouda_pumping_station The engineering is beyond belief since it is designed without calculators but the boilers, the steam engine itself is perfectly in harmony with the required power of the pumps.
@leokessels88
@leokessels88 3 года назад
@@marsmellow1589 👍I hope that I will also be able to visit Woudagemaal in the foreseeable future. A video will of course follow.
@danielcarroll3358
@danielcarroll3358 3 года назад
I remember walking to the museum from Haarlem several years ago. Impressive. I am an engineer and physicist, hence the interest.
@barneylinet6602
@barneylinet6602 3 года назад
A reminder of a bygone era, when the world moved at a slower pace...Steam engines gave rise to the science of thermodynamics which gave mankind the secrets of energy flow and help us to understand the universe in which we live.
@leokessels88
@leokessels88 3 года назад
👍👍
@markknoop6283
@markknoop6283 3 года назад
That's treu for the English maybe. We had our windmills up and running for a couple of years. How do you think we used to beat you in building ships.
@paulorchard7960
@paulorchard7960 3 года назад
I love steam, could never visit, I couldn’t help myself, I would climb any barricade, find an oil can and happily spend the day clambering all over that machine as it pumped trying to find that squeak! If they did not lock me up I would never be allowed back!
@leokessels88
@leokessels88 3 года назад
👍 😁
@thetransformatorium7980
@thetransformatorium7980 3 года назад
I was thinking the same thing!!! 👍👍😎
@BlackheartCharlie
@BlackheartCharlie Год назад
"Hello. I'm from the dealership and I'm calling about the extended warranty on your engine..."
@leokessels88
@leokessels88 Год назад
"One moment sir... I can't find the original invoice right now...." 😂
@garydufton3510
@garydufton3510 3 года назад
Victorian engineering at is best. Big and beautiful. Works of art in iron and steel.
@mkendallpk4321
@mkendallpk4321 3 года назад
Both beautiful and amazing piece of work. Thank you for the wonderful video with English subtitles.
@adriankingston4338
@adriankingston4338 3 года назад
Mesmerizing 😲!
@torgrimmyt3549
@torgrimmyt3549 3 года назад
Thank you for the video and bringing my attention to this amazing piece of engineering!
@leokessels88
@leokessels88 3 года назад
You're welcome 👍
@pajamas17
@pajamas17 3 года назад
Total ingenuity such a marvel
@51WCDodge
@51WCDodge 3 года назад
I used to live on the Isle of Axholme, at Epworth, where Cornelus Van Moyden is a hero, and there are many Flemish names still. De Gruquius has just gone on the bucket list to visit.
@Herman6507
@Herman6507 3 года назад
@51WCDodge: Not anything to do with steam but an intriguing your comment in a genealogical context: You give the perfect example of how original family names change when people settle abroad. You refer to Cornelis Vermuyden, a Dutch (and not Belgian/Flemish) engineer employed by the English court to lead water works. Here is a Dutch-language Wikipedia link: nl.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelis_Vermuyden. Try Google translate😉. It were predominantly Dutch (and not Flemish) experts involved on "poldering" the English lowlands.
@petersaunders747
@petersaunders747 3 года назад
Thank you for the tip.
@leokessels88
@leokessels88 3 года назад
You're welcome 👍
@tyroniousyrownshoolacez2347
@tyroniousyrownshoolacez2347 3 года назад
Pure Art. Thanks for sharing 👉💪.
@mfbfreak
@mfbfreak 3 года назад
Firstly, i wanna say the people who restored this thing did a great job, and i fully support the decision to not run it on steam anymore. But since it does not run on steam, i wouldn't call it the best preserved one. There are steam engines from this era that still actually run on steam. Again, this is not to downplay the amazing work people did - i know some parts of the story about the lengthy restauration - but i think the ones that still run on steam deserve the title 'best preserved'.
@vumba1331
@vumba1331 3 года назад
In 1849 this machine was lifting 64 tonnes of water per stroke, incredible!
@vumba1331
@vumba1331 3 года назад
@Wayne Flanigan Yep, hence the spelling.
@clivecowlard7098
@clivecowlard7098 3 года назад
@Wayne Flanigan... Problem... If British tons are bigger than metric tonnes... Why are they called "short" tons ?
@joergmaass
@joergmaass 3 года назад
@@clivecowlard7098 Because there are also long tons. 1 British Long Ton = 1.016047 Metric Ton
@anonymike8280
@anonymike8280 3 года назад
@Wayne Flanigan That's the long and the short of it, I guess.
@hughjohnson4071
@hughjohnson4071 3 года назад
Absolutely beautiful machine. A European engineered master-piece.
@johnwood1948
@johnwood1948 3 года назад
A British masterpiece
@TERRYBIGGENDEN
@TERRYBIGGENDEN 3 года назад
Amazing! :-)
@Galileosays
@Galileosays 3 года назад
Dank je. Zoals ik op school leerde. God creëerde de aarde, maar de Nederlanders Nederland. Thanks. As learned on school. God created the earth, but the Dutch created the Netherlands.
@thetransformatorium7980
@thetransformatorium7980 3 года назад
I miss the 1800s, it was a magnificent time to be an engineer! 😁
@andreamorandin
@andreamorandin Год назад
Yes, but at the time only very few people could study and become an engineer. So, we can say it was a magnificent time to be an engineer, if we had the financial means to pursue studies...
@thetransformatorium7980
@thetransformatorium7980 Год назад
@@andreamorandin Very true, but that financial barrier to entry still exists in our world today, especially if you live in the usa...
@cleenlivin
@cleenlivin 3 года назад
WOW! No computers, Internet, calculators, Google or social media when this was invented......and they say people are so much smarter today? As someone who loves engineering and admires machinery and all things mechanical, this is great to see.
@freesaxon6835
@freesaxon6835 3 года назад
Elegant, functional, thing of beauty
@kaibroeking9968
@kaibroeking9968 3 года назад
Imagine the ingenuity to conceive and build this in the first half of the 19th century. Pity that it is not run on steam, anymore.
@leokessels88
@leokessels88 3 года назад
Schau dich mal um auf meinem Kanal. Dort findest du weitere Videos von Dampfmaschinen. Ich gebe Führungen im Kesselhaus des Klosterdorfes Steyl. Es gibt dort auch eine funktionierende Dampfmaschine. Aber nun leider auch ohne Dampf. Das war leider zu teuer. Sie wird jetzt durch Luftdruck angetrieben.
@karstent.66
@karstent.66 3 года назад
@@leokessels88 Danke, du hast mir die wahre Funktion von Gebäuden gezeigt, die mir als "Schloss" oder "Burg" verkauft wird...
@CountScarlioni
@CountScarlioni 3 года назад
By the 1840s beam engines had been pumping water for more than a century and was one of the most mature steam technologies of the day. Not to take anything away from this truly magnificent machine, but the Cornish engineers who built it weren't really going all that far into uncharted territory to create it. They just scaled up what was already known to work and it was still a time when bigger was automatically assumed to be better. Of course back then there was not yet a formalised understanding of thermodynamics and steam engines had progressed haphazardly through much trial and error. In fact it was due to this knowledge deficiency, and the vast financial waste it represented in industry that spurred Victorian physicists like Lord Kelvin to codify the Laws of Thermodynamics.
@scopex2749
@scopex2749 3 года назад
What a beauty! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👍🏻
@leokessels88
@leokessels88 3 года назад
Yes it certainly is! And there are more steam driven pumping stations and steam engines in the Netherlands. When the corona-crisis is over, I hope to visit (and film) more of them.
@cogentdynamics
@cogentdynamics Год назад
I was born in the Netherlands and have been in Haarlem. I had no idea. That is beautiful and one of the coolest things I have ever seen. I will go there!
@leokessels88
@leokessels88 Год назад
👍It was one of the pumps that created a piece of the Netherlands
@remkeveerling6108
@remkeveerling6108 3 года назад
Wat leuk dit filmpje tegen te komen. Ik ben in de jaren '70 heel erg vaak langs dit gebouw gekomen, ik woonde in Uithoorn en ging naar Heemstede. Het was een stilstaand doods gebouw, en nu leeft het weer, wat prachtig. Ik zou er graag heen willen, maar moet nu uit Twente komen. Het staat op mijn lijstje! Op een dag....
@leokessels88
@leokessels88 3 года назад
Fijn, dat ik u een plezier heb kunnen doen met mijn filmpje. Ik hoop dat het binnen afzienbare tijd weer geopend is. Ik ben er met openbaar vervoer (trein en bus) naar toe gegaan. Dat is goed te doen. De bus stopt bijna voor de deur.
@wollaminfaetter
@wollaminfaetter 3 года назад
It's a cathedral of technology.
@radekkratky5031
@radekkratky5031 3 года назад
Absolutely BADASS engine...
@nohabs
@nohabs 3 года назад
It's a piece of art
@stepvanjoe3469
@stepvanjoe3469 3 года назад
Plenty of opportunities to get hurt thats for sure! Amazing that this still exists would love to see it in person
@wkruit
@wkruit 3 года назад
These machines drained the largest lake in the Netherlands. In the early 19th century!!
@c.j.bakker5653
@c.j.bakker5653 3 года назад
This is the fast way, in Kinderdijk are about 14 windmills who did the same job together..
@leokessels88
@leokessels88 3 года назад
After the invention of the steam engine, the whole world went faster 😊
@radiofun232
@radiofun232 Месяц назад
Erg mooie docu, ik ken het gebouw goed. Jammer dat de steam boilers zijn verwijderd. 19 mei 2024.
@leokessels88
@leokessels88 Месяц назад
Tja, in het verleden werd niet - zoals tegenwoordig - gedacht over behoud van industriële monumenten. Als iets versleten was: weg ermee.
@bakkerem1967
@bakkerem1967 3 года назад
Man, this is about 2 km from where I live. About bloody time I 'd pay a visit...
@leokessels88
@leokessels88 3 года назад
Dan wordt het wel eens tijd... 😀
@garrywallace1007
@garrywallace1007 Год назад
I just travelled from Adelaide Australia to visit it!!!!
@davidgrisez
@davidgrisez Год назад
This is a good example of how water was pumped uphill in the days before electric motors and motor driven pumps. These old pumping stations were huge and looked like works of art. Today a modern motor driven pump that would do the same job would still be large but would be smaller than this old steam engine pump.
@leokessels88
@leokessels88 Год назад
Thank you for watching my video and showing interest in our industrial heritage.
@kevincrosby1760
@kevincrosby1760 Год назад
@@leokessels88 Some people think of steam as the "old" way, when it is still a "common" way. I served in the US Navy '87-'90, and our first step when it was time to go to sea was still to light the boilers so we could spin the turbines, something the USN had been doing since 1909. (steam was older, but propulsion turbines entered in 1909). It's now 2022. Our latest and greatest aircraft carriers have nuclear reactors...which heat water to make steam to spin the turbines. The nuclear power plant near me operates in the same manner. The paper mill on the other side of the river has several boilers, one of which burns bark and wood not suitable for making paper. One of the paper machines is operated by small geared turbines. Steam is till the method of choice for heating buildings in a campus environment, as well as many large cities. This world STILL runs on steam. It isn't for museums, it is current reality. All we have done is figure out how to produce and use it more efficiently for certain applications. For some applications, we are still where the video is...reciprocating steam engines. If you are driving a reciprocating pump to inject feed water into a 600 PSI boiler, a small 1-stage reciprocating steam engine works just fine. Put a piston in a VERY long cylinder, attach an aircraft to it, add steam, and you can throw that aircraft off the bow of a carrier... In fact, the US Navy still teaches the basic theory of a reciprocating steam engine. Nothing illustrates the basic steam cycle better than showing steam introduced to a cylinder with a piston in it then condensing and reusing it.
@janstolk486
@janstolk486 6 месяцев назад
i was there it is gorgeous !
@leokessels88
@leokessels88 6 месяцев назад
I too am always very impressed with people's technical skills in the past.
@plebpunk
@plebpunk 3 года назад
The English subs help a lot
@leokessels88
@leokessels88 3 года назад
Thanks 👍
@gbraadnl
@gbraadnl 7 месяцев назад
I have been here as a child, but hardly remember all. just know it looked impressive... seems a lot has changed, as the entrance looks very different. might take my kids there some day.
@leokessels88
@leokessels88 7 месяцев назад
It is indeed very impressive. Especially also if you know the history of this. Very educational for children.
@Davett53
@Davett53 3 года назад
2/18/21 Beautiful and fascinating! Greetings from the USA,.....I'm in the state of Ohio, the city of Columbus, the capital of our state. Thanks for posting this video!
@leokessels88
@leokessels88 3 года назад
👍 you're welcome 😊
@hhuodod2209
@hhuodod2209 2 месяца назад
I live only a few miles away from Harveys were this was made.
@leokessels88
@leokessels88 2 месяца назад
👍 Then surely you will have to visit one of their best products once.
@amdg2023
@amdg2023 3 года назад
The biggest best preserved steam engine in the world? Union Pacific Big Boy, hold my beer.
@CountScarlioni
@CountScarlioni 3 года назад
Oh come on, the Big Boy wouldn't be built for another 100 years. It's an artefact from a whole other era.
@amdg2023
@amdg2023 3 года назад
@@CountScarlionithe claim of "biggest steam engine in the world" did not have an era time stamp on it?
@CountScarlioni
@CountScarlioni 3 года назад
@@amdg2023 Fair enough, the heading wasn't very specific. I'm going on the assumption the uploader meant that the Cruquius engine was the largest at the time of its construction (I'm not aware of anything in 1849 that could rival it). To be exact though, Big Boy only holds its power record as a locomotive. It had something in the region of 6000hp. Even on a train today that'd be be some serious power! But then, steam ships of Big Boy's era had turbine power plants that could produce more than 50,000hp! So I'm assuming it'll be a an old steamship somewhere with the most powerful preserved steam engine in existence. (I know sod all about ships so couldn't say which) The most powerful static engine I know of is the Don River Steam Engine in Sheffield which is an old steel rolling machine that develops 12,000hp. There's probably even bigger ones out there.
@amdg2023
@amdg2023 3 года назад
@@CountScarlioni good point, no offense meant
@skunkjobb
@skunkjobb 3 года назад
There are many definitions of what makes a steam engine large and hence several engines that can claim the title of being the world's largest depending on what category we're talking about. It seems this engine has the largest cylinder diameter but other categories can be total cylinder volume, power, weight or boiler heat effect. I can't find the power of this machine clearly stated so I made a calculation myself based on www.haarlemmermeermuseum.nl/en/cruquius-museum--world-largest-steam-engine A pumping water flow of 320 000 liter/minute equals 5,33 tonnes/s. With a lifting height of 5 m this equals about 260 kW useful output power from the pumps. The efficiency of piston pumps is quite good so I would say the engine gave no more than 300 kW to the pumps. This is comparable to the power of a modern sports car engine. Each one of the piston engines of the Titanic gave about 11 000 kW at nominal speed or more than 40 times more than this pumping engine. While the Titanic's engines are not so well preserved anymore, the steam engines at Kempton Park are of 750 kW each and to my knowledge, the most powerful piston steam engines that can still be operated. The engines of the battle ship Texas are of about the same size as those on Titanic, are preserved but not operational.
@jimfrazier8611
@jimfrazier8611 3 года назад
Still seems rather anemic when compared to the 1,500,000 KW steam turbines on a modern nuclear plant. #Progress
@chrism4008
@chrism4008 Год назад
And this one doesn't even operate on steam anymore according to many comments. Not very well preserved in my opinion, nor a steam engine anymore either
@misha_pankof
@misha_pankof 3 года назад
Восхитительно!
@leokessels88
@leokessels88 3 года назад
👍 Старые технологии всегда завораживают
@kidultvideo1504
@kidultvideo1504 3 года назад
Great Video! Thanks for your kindness. Where, Mr.?
@leokessels88
@leokessels88 3 года назад
Netherlands
@kidultvideo1504
@kidultvideo1504 3 года назад
@@leokessels88 Thanks by return, Mr.
@memikell
@memikell 3 года назад
no fire, no steam, no point
@leokessels88
@leokessels88 3 года назад
oké. See my video "Steam! 2: Het Nederlands Stoommachinemuseum". Real fire, real steam. Point?😊
@kevodowd5282
@kevodowd5282 3 года назад
The days when English Engineering was at it's best.
@leokessels88
@leokessels88 3 года назад
👍 It sure was!! That was a time long before the Austin Allego was made (I'am sorry for the bad joke) 🤣
@BigBadLoneWolf
@BigBadLoneWolf 3 года назад
@@leokessels88 we called it the all aggro, my mother had 1 and three gears decided to mesh together in the gearbox , and Lotus stood for lots of trouble usually serious
@graemesimpson8616
@graemesimpson8616 3 года назад
@@BigBadLoneWolf Haha I own an Allegro and Lotus Esprit. Both run just fine and they are over 40 years old.
@billmorris2613
@billmorris2613 3 года назад
Good morning from SE Louisiana 7 Apr 21.
@atomatman3104
@atomatman3104 День назад
BUILT BY GIANTS
@melvynjerrim8279
@melvynjerrim8279 3 года назад
It works in Holland, but was built in Cornwall.
@leokessels88
@leokessels88 3 года назад
👍👍 Impressive craftsmanship. They don't just make (delicious 😋) cornish pasty in Cornwall 😉.
@51WCDodge
@51WCDodge 3 года назад
you lot were greedy! Trying to pump the sea dry to get the tin. :-)
@matthewpengelly761
@matthewpengelly761 3 года назад
Cornish miners did indeed mine for tin. We also mined for copper, iron, lead, arsenic, gold, silver, uranium and more. The European-wide bronze age was only possible due to the Cornish tin!!
@51WCDodge
@51WCDodge 3 года назад
@@matthewpengelly761 I've dug a hole and found a Cornishman at the bottom.:-)
@richardh568
@richardh568 6 месяцев назад
absolutely incredible.....but what does it do? So curious.....
@leokessels88
@leokessels88 6 месяцев назад
As you can see from the story, this was one of the pumping stations that used to pump out a lake. So for the reclaiming of new land. Now it is a museum of industrial culture. Now it has no function.
@user-jn1tr8mo3g
@user-jn1tr8mo3g 3 года назад
It's hardly the world's best preserved steam engine, simply because... it's not a steam engine anymore. As the captions say, it's operated by hydraulics (from an electric pump no doubt).
@skunkjobb
@skunkjobb 3 года назад
If I take an old jet engine, let's say an R-R Spey and put an electric motor on it so it can turn and show its motion in a museum, is it no longer a jet engine? I would say it is and that this is still a steam engine since it was built as one regardless of the present power source or if it had no power source at all today.
@user-jn1tr8mo3g
@user-jn1tr8mo3g 3 года назад
@@skunkjobb Is a steam that is powered by hydraulic power a better preserved engine than one that still runs on steam power? I think not.
@smh28v6
@smh28v6 9 месяцев назад
​@@skunkjobbno it won't be a jet engine anymore because if it's just being spun by a motor its not an engine at all anymore. The same goes for the steam engine they are just using hydraulics to make the piston go up and down. None of the rest of it is actually doing anything 🤦🏻🙄
@louisvanrijn3964
@louisvanrijn3964 3 года назад
Magnifieke machine.. hoeveel ton kolen per dag gaat er doorheen? Hoeveel stokers?
@leokessels88
@leokessels88 3 года назад
Ik weet helaas niet alle details. Maar kijk eens op: cruquiusmuseum.nl/ Daar vindt je veel info en animaties van de werking van de machine.
@brencrun5068
@brencrun5068 3 года назад
Fascinating! English sub titles would be nice.
@leokessels88
@leokessels88 3 года назад
I'm just working on it. English and German subtitles will be added in the course of today
@donjohnson3701
@donjohnson3701 3 года назад
I kept looking at the subtitles for an explanation even after I knew it wouldn’t help! Great video-truly a magnificent machine.
@leokessels88
@leokessels88 3 года назад
Subtitles are now available 😅. Just press "subtitles" bottom right on the screen. With "settings" you can choose between English or German.
@ninjaclown2081
@ninjaclown2081 Год назад
Tom scott should cover this place
@leokessels88
@leokessels88 Год назад
You could ask him... 😊
@ucanliv4ever
@ucanliv4ever 3 года назад
Almost makes you proud to be a human ...
@raybin6873
@raybin6873 3 года назад
Aliens visiting Earth see this building with arms protruding out windows, "What the hell is that?"
@leokessels88
@leokessels88 3 года назад
If they have good intentions, they will think, a lot of hands to shake 😂
@Kuzya_242
@Kuzya_242 3 года назад
It's looks like Christian castles it power plant like this. If you remove steam machine - it's castle (windows, roof, water barrier), If you take regular castle it will match this layout for this type steam engine. What do you think?
@markgoddard2560
@markgoddard2560 3 года назад
Where is it pumping the water from and too?
@leokessels88
@leokessels88 3 года назад
a total of 3 pumping stations pumped the water from the lake to a system of higher situated ring canals, until the lake was dry
@juergen07091973
@juergen07091973 3 года назад
At last they pump the water from the land to the sea to make dry land.
@TheFLOMAN76
@TheFLOMAN76 3 года назад
Killer!
@Geoffr524
@Geoffr524 3 года назад
Are they still using pumps in the area for Land reclamation in the Netherlands? Interesting that they constantly need to keep water away, since much of the Netherlands are below sea level.
@christiaan3646
@christiaan3646 2 года назад
There are no large land reclamation projects in The Netherlands nowadays, and recent ones were in open water using a combination of dredging and pumping the dredged sand to the reclamation area in stead of pumping the water out of the reclamation area. A different technique that also involves a lot of pumping. However, to keep The Netherlands dry, thus inhabitable, there are thousands of operational pumping stations, small and large. The largest is pumping station IJmuiden, with a capacity of 15.600.000 liters per minute. And the largest operational steam-powered pumping station is in Lemmer (pumping station Wouda), with a capacity of 4.000.000 liters per minute.
@MasterMindmars
@MasterMindmars 3 года назад
Beautiful. Where is it located ?
@Thefreakyfreek
@Thefreakyfreek 3 года назад
Supreme you may say hint hint
@danielboughton3624
@danielboughton3624 3 года назад
West of the airport, south of Haarlem in Cruquius
@immie3385
@immie3385 3 года назад
This is a small one in comparison with the Woudagemaal in Lemmer.
@antoniescargo2954
@antoniescargo2954 3 года назад
Welke firma heeft deze machine gemaakt???
@MrPrebzie
@MrPrebzie 3 года назад
Great video. What´s the music?
@leokessels88
@leokessels88 3 года назад
Thanx. I use music from the RU-vid Audio Library: Main theme: Apex by Aakash Gandhi The engine: Breathing Planet by Doug Maxwell
@davidelliott5843
@davidelliott5843 3 года назад
Does it ever run under steam or even pump water under steam? I do hope it’s now more than an LED light show?
@leokessels88
@leokessels88 3 года назад
What do you mean by the "LED light show"? The cruquius you see in the beginning of the video is a (smaller) copy of the original and is - as indicated - an attraction in the miniature city of Madurodam. The real cruquius still contains the original restored machine. And that is certainly not an LED light show. The only change is that the machine is no longer powered by steam.
@andyash5675
@andyash5675 3 года назад
I wonder if it's still in warranty? :-)
@julianreverse
@julianreverse 3 года назад
Sure! It was built to last forever.
@krasniykon626
@krasniykon626 3 года назад
Вот и соборы и церкви и замки.
@janadden8762
@janadden8762 Год назад
wow
@leokessels88
@leokessels88 Год назад
That's what I thought when I first saw all this.
@c.j.bakker5653
@c.j.bakker5653 3 года назад
Wat een mooie docu over dit gemaal. Ben er regelmatig langsgereden op de motor, maar nooit gestopt. Nou begrijp ik natuurkunde prima, alleen hoe zit t met die 8 zuigers, snap nog niet helemaal hoe ze die 8000 liter omhoog pompen. Loopt t water boven die zuiger en wordt t dan omhoog geduwd?
@martijnvv8031
@martijnvv8031 3 года назад
Voor zover ik weet gaat bij de slag naar beneden twee kleppen in de bodem van de tonnen omhoog/open en bij de slag omhoog gaan door gewicht van het water de kleppen weer dicht. Bij het omhoog bewegen komt het ingesloten water boven het einde van de buis en stroomt in het hoger gelegen kanaal weg naar zee. Stel het een beetje voor als je met je twee handen onderwater een kommetje maakt en dan omhoog beweegt, maar dan in een cilinder.
@leokessels88
@leokessels88 3 года назад
👍 ik had het niet beter kunnen uitleggen. Thanx.
@c.j.bakker5653
@c.j.bakker5653 3 года назад
@@martijnvv8031 Ah oke, ik snap em. Het fungeert dus als een emmer met opengaande bodem. Thx voor de duidelijke uitleg!
@NJPurling
@NJPurling 3 года назад
They should find a replacement boiler, or boiler's.
@leokessels88
@leokessels88 3 года назад
The costs to be able to work with steam again are enormous. Just like the costs for the fuel; the use of gas is discouraged by our government; oil, like electricity, is too expensive; coal or wood is environmentally irresponsible. And then there are the recurring costs of the periodic inspection of the steam boiler. These costs cannot be covered by most foundations. I know all about it, because we also have a steam engine here, of which the gas-fired steam boiler is now out of service, because our foundation cannot pay the gas bill. That is why the originally restored machine is now running on air pressure (see my latest video: "A steam engine with a religious task").
@ronwichman
@ronwichman 3 года назад
it doesn't seem to be pumping any water. A beautiful machine though.
@precisionguesswork5394
@precisionguesswork5394 3 года назад
As stated, "pumped the Haarlemmermeer dry from 1849 to 1852", Dry today due to electrical pumps.
@b172ddm2
@b172ddm2 2 года назад
the cathedral pump.
@ninjaclown2081
@ninjaclown2081 Год назад
@tom scott
@frutt5k
@frutt5k 3 года назад
Nergens een schema van hoe het werkt. IK Zie veek drijfstangen en hefbomen maar weet nog steeds niet wat er gebeurt. Hele mooie opnames. Ik zal naar wikipedia moeten voor echte uitleg vrees ik.
@Pacul75
@Pacul75 5 месяцев назад
No music please
@b43xoit
@b43xoit 3 года назад
Need fuel -> dig up peat -> water runs in -> need to pump out water -> import coal.
@leokessels88
@leokessels88 3 года назад
sorry to correct you, but draining this lake had nothing to do with digging up peat.
@skunkhome
@skunkhome 3 года назад
It is not a preserved steam engine. The steam engine was scrapped so its only a pump that apparently only goes through the motions.
@JasperJanssen
@JasperJanssen 3 года назад
The boilers were scrapped. The engine itself wasn’t.
@JasperJanssen
@JasperJanssen 3 года назад
@@ButterfatFarms it’s not powered by steam, that doesn’t suddenly make it not a steam engine or not preserved. Just like if I put a V8 gas engine on an engine stand in a museum and power it with an electrical motor for display purposes, it’s still a preserved internal combustion engine. As far as the “largest” claim goes I’d want to know in what dimension they’re counting. It’s not overall size or overall displacement, I suspect, but it might be one of the sizes of the individual cylinder. It’s basically eight Newcomen beam engines all hooked to a single cylinder.
@petersaunders747
@petersaunders747 3 года назад
Pity there isn't English Sub Titles.
@leokessels88
@leokessels88 3 года назад
Take a good look 👀 : "Press "read more" for the complete story English subtitles available" Press: "subtitles". And with "settings" you can choose "English". Especially for you folks I spent a whole day tinkering to realize this 😅😉
@rrknl5187
@rrknl5187 3 года назад
I used the CC function and got English subtitles.
@pascalcoole2725
@pascalcoole2725 3 года назад
Indrukwekkende video !
@leokessels88
@leokessels88 3 года назад
dank je wel 😊.
@jamesnicholls1054
@jamesnicholls1054 Год назад
Think your find the triple expansion engines at kempton park uk was biggest in the world seeing as there same engines titanic had
@leokessels88
@leokessels88 8 месяцев назад
You cannot compare this machine to the one in the Kempton steam museum. Cruquius has only 1 cylinder, but one with a diameter of 3.66 metres. By the way: the engine of the RMS Titanic was actually a 4 cylinder engine. It had 2 low-pressure cylinders.
@rail-ryder7135
@rail-ryder7135 3 года назад
I thought the Big Boy was the largest preserved steam engine.
@Nightdare
@Nightdare 3 года назад
Steam *Locomotive*
@lermylermy6017
@lermylermy6017 3 года назад
Lagerschaden. Da hilft Schmieren nicht mehr.
@robertriquelmy7193
@robertriquelmy7193 3 года назад
English please
@leokessels88
@leokessels88 3 года назад
please use 👀 and use "subtitles" 🙄
@ZenerDragon
@ZenerDragon 3 года назад
Steam boilers removed and you call this the best preserved? It's missing the entire steam production side! It may look pretty but that's like calling a 1950's corvette missing it's fuel tank and intake manifold a numbers matching classic. Talk about a misleading title.
@arnold9861
@arnold9861 3 года назад
It still "functional", but hydraulic.
@firebird77clonefirebird89
@firebird77clonefirebird89 3 года назад
the corvette in question would still be "numbers matching ", albeit incomplete. Depending on the model, options, and condition could still be highly valuable.
@andreamorandin
@andreamorandin Год назад
It is a pity, however, that the machines are no longer steam-powered as they originally were: this, in my opinion, makes them less significant.
@leokessels88
@leokessels88 Год назад
Thanks for watching my video. But these machines were very significant at the time they were built and functioning. Now they are evidence of people's engineering skills at that time. And they are wonderful to see working, even if they don't run on steam now. Check out my videos on the steam engine of the Monastic Village of Steyl.
@andreamorandin
@andreamorandin Год назад
@@leokessels88 I'll check out them: I like steam engines!
@leokessels88
@leokessels88 Год назад
@@andreamorandin 👍
@glasslinger
@glasslinger 3 года назад
Amazing at how desperate they were to build that thing! Give the same problem to an engineer today and it would likely be a steam driven turbine, drastically smaller but more efficient.
@leokessels88
@leokessels88 3 года назад
But this was where they had to work with in 1849. Revolutionary at the time.
@KevinWoodsWorkshop
@KevinWoodsWorkshop 3 года назад
IT wasn’t desperation but brilliant engineering at the time. Engineering craftsmanship of the day but sadly like all other crafts have gone.
@schweineful
@schweineful 3 года назад
I am so desperate, that I have a car. Can't wait for the lazy scientists to invent beaming.
@KevinWoodsWorkshop
@KevinWoodsWorkshop 3 года назад
@@schweineful yes glasslingers comment was probably the dumbest comment I’ve ever seen on RU-vid.
@kevincrosby1760
@kevincrosby1760 Год назад
Funny thing is, that steam turbine would require higher pressures, bringing into the equation the need to inject the feed water into the boiler at a feed pressure equal to or higher than the boiler pressure. At this point you are probably going to need a reciprocating piston feed pump, which is most efficient using a linear drive. Most efficient drive method? a reciprocating-piston steam engine, since you are in a steam environment and need linear motion. In my "Navy Days", those turbines needed 600 PSI superheated steam (about 850 F), and that is exactly how we introduced feed water into the boiler.
@roelofk4375
@roelofk4375 3 года назад
In this video you can see it work on a steam engine, after 2:40. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-RYREzBKOkSE.html
@leokessels88
@leokessels88 3 года назад
Thanks for the tip. That is a marvelous restored film !!
@318michel
@318michel 3 года назад
Thanks, great!
@johnwood1948
@johnwood1948 3 года назад
It is a British engine
@kevingerry4524
@kevingerry4524 3 года назад
Made in Hayle, Cornwall
@martinwidmer5961
@martinwidmer5961 3 года назад
The engine sounds dry and not well maintained...
@TheMotorick
@TheMotorick 3 года назад
"Non-working steam engine".
@leokessels88
@leokessels88 3 года назад
Working engine... only not on steam.
@tkteun
@tkteun 3 года назад
Doesn't even pump
@JB-np5xi
@JB-np5xi 3 года назад
Could do with out the back ground music.
@wrench41m21
@wrench41m21 3 года назад
Does the engine come with the idiotic soundtrack or did you put that in?
@leokessels88
@leokessels88 3 года назад
Please consider not using the word "idiotic" if you see or hear something that is not to your taste. I made the video and selected the music based on the atmosphere of the images and ... my taste. Thank you.
@leokessels88
@leokessels88 3 года назад
once again: What do you mean by the "LED abomination"? The cruquius you see in the beginning of the video is a (smaller) copy of the original and is - as indicated - as an attraction in the miniature city of Madurodam. The real cruquius still contains the original restored engine. And that is certainly not an LED light show. The engine is in working order. The only change is that the machine is no longer powered by steam. And the title of the video: this is how it's called at Wikipedia. And they are never wrong 😉.
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