According to Jan Verbruggen who gave a lecture on the history and
restoration of the Cruquius engine at the 2000 NAMHO conference which was
written up in the proceedings, "The three stations were named after the
authors of earlier drainage schemes - Leeghwater (17th),
Cruquius (18th), and Van Lynden (19th century)".
Nigel.
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From: "Martin Pearce" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 2:39 PM
Subject: Re: Sims combine engines
Octopus is "octopus" in modern Dutch. I would be interested to know when
and or in which dialect it was "cruquius".
Martin
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From: "Wolfgang Ebert" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 11:06 AM
Subject: AW: Sims combine engines
Pete and Paul:
The website of the "Cruquius" pumping-station is
http://www.cruquiusmuseum.nl/
By the way: "Cruquius" is the Dutch word for "Octopus". The name was given
because of the typical moving of the beams.
Dr. Wolfgang Ebert
The German Society for Industrial Archaeology
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Paul,
The 144-inch Harvey-built engine at Cruqhuis in Holland is a compound engine
of the Sims type although it is not what you call typical. If you are not
familiar with it, the high-pressure cylinder was placed outside the
low-pressure cylinder. The engine is connected to eight 1.6m diameter
pumps. There is a nice website but I can't remember offhand the URL.
Regarding Lean and engine reporting there is a new publication entitled 'Mr
Lean and the Engine Reporters' by Brigit Howard, published by the Trevithick
Society.
Pete Joseph
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