[modeleng] Re: Pumps
- From: Allen Messer <al_messer@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 13:46:46 -0800 (PST)
Is England going to become the next "Polder land"??
That's a LOT of water per minute all right!!
Al Messer
--- alanjstepney <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Al, yes the Fens are part of and adjacent to this
> area.
>
> In fact, the first drainage canals in that area were
> built by the Romans.
> After that, nothing much happened until the Dutch
> were bought in and they
> improved some rivers, added to existing drainage and
> built a lot more.
>
> Since then it has been a continuous battle against
> the elements. With rising
> sea levels, any storm can bring massive flooding.
> (Who remembers the East
> Coast floods of the early 50's? One of the first
> major disasters where
> communication was provided by Hams.)
>
> This new pump is just the latest effort to fight
> nature.
>
> I still reckon 5,000 tons of water an hour is an
> awful lot!.
>
> alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> www.alanstepney.info
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Allen Messer" <al_messer@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, November 19, 2004 1:14 PM
> Subject: [modeleng] Re: Pumps
>
>
> I do not have the answer, but have a question of my
> own. Is this the area known years ago as "The Fens"
> and its draining was first proposed to Elizabeth I
> by
> some Dutch engineers during her reign?
>
> Al Messer
>
>
> --- alanjstepney
> <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> > As I am sure most here will know, the early water
> > pumping engines were beam
> > engines, a few of which still exist.
> > I am always amazed to see the volumes that they
> > pumped.
> >
> > However, that pales into insignificance beside the
> > latest pumps.
> > According to the BBC,
> >
> > The Government has announced that funds are likely
> > to be available for a
> > £40m scheme to protect 250,000 people in Cambs and
> > Norfolk from regular
> > floods.
> > The cash is for an upgrade of a pumping station,
> > near King's Lynn in
> > Norfolk, that protects thousands of homes.
> > The 70-year-old station controls one of the
> largest
> > areas of agricultural
> > land below sea level in Europe.
> > The pumping station houses one of the largest
> pumps
> > in the UK and 5,000
> > tonnes of water pass through every minute.
> > 5,000 tons a minute???? Wow, that is a LOT of
> > water!
> > I assume an electric powered centrifugal pump.
> > I was wondering what type of pump that would be?
> >
> > Does anyone know?
> >
> > alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
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