Gemaal de Waakzaamheid

The Waak ability pumping station was founded in 1959. The pumping station was originally equipped with two horizontal screw pumps, made by Stork, which were powered by four-cylinder Stork-Ricardo diesel engines. The pumping station was modernized in 2003. The pumps were overhauled and the diesel engines were replaced by electric motors. The capacity of the pumping station is therefore now 1,800 m3 per minute. The old diesel engines were given a museum destination; one was moved to the Motors and Crafts Museum in Nieuwe Niedorp and the other to pumping station De Tuut, where the engine will also be seen working in due course.