World Heritage Day: Preserving our heritage - Innovation at Woudagemaal The ir. D.F. Woudagemaal is the largest still operational steam-powered pumping station in the world. On October 7, 1920 Queen Wilhelmina opened the pumping station. It was built to pump excess water out of Friesland, a province in the north of the Netherlands. It remains the largest still operational steam-powered pumping station in the world, pumping one million litres of water a minute. In 1998 it was formally recognised as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and in 2012 we began a three-year programme of extensive renovations to secure the building’s future. Rather than close the station during renovation however, we exploited some of the latest 3D scanning innovations and developed an exciting virtual tour in the visitor centre. This technology means we can take many of Woudagemaal’s 10,000 annual visitors into parts of the building previously off-limits – areas below the water line for example – and maintain the emotional experience of a visit to this incredible site. Let us know what you think of this 3D journey! #IIA4U
Posted on: Fri, 18 Apr 2014 07:54:01 +0000
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