Watersnood 1953. 's-Gravendeel in the Hoekse Waard is sucked dry by the floating pumping pumping Neptune from Wilton-Fijenoord. Eleven polders of the Hoekse Waard are simultaneously pumped out of a total amount of water of 21,000,000 m3. The piston has a capacity of 900,000 m3 per day with its four pumps. Date: 23 February 1953 Location: 's-Gravendeel, Zuid-Holland Keywords: ground, floods, polders, flood

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