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Gerard Potuijt 🚶♂️
May 19, 2021
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The Vierambachtenboezem is a chimney breast in the current Dutch municipality of Nissewaard.
In the 16th century, the four crafts of Geervliet, Biert, Simonshaven and Spijkenisseom decided to jointly dig a water storage place and drainage channel from Het Austria (a large water in the middle of the polder): the Vierambachtenboezem. Since 1566, water mills have been pumping the polder water via the Vierambachtenboezem to Spijkenisse.
In the 16th century, the four crafts of Geervliet, Biert, Simonshaven and Spijkenisseom decided to jointly dig a water storage place and drainage channel from Het Austria (a large water in the middle of the polder): the Vierambachtenboezem. Since 1566, water mills have been pumping the polder water via the Vierambachtenboezem to Spijkenisse.
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•Gerard Potuijt 🚶♂️
May 19, 2021
Hiking
There the water was discharged into the Spijkenisser harbor at low tide and then into the Oude Maas. Via signals with the blades, the Spijkenisser watermill indicated to his colleagues …
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