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Haarlem: The Cruquis - a high tech pumping station
... in the 1840s
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A single-cylinder steam engine is
hooked to 8 arms (4 shown here) which hoisted cast iron buckets lifting
55,000 gallons/minute 15 feet.
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a marvel of mechanical engineering imported from the
tin mines in Cornwall, England
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