Yes, before WWI, they where world leaders...Then it wend down ever since....producing shoddy workmanship & poorly engineered stuff... legend has it , that is because of WWI way too many bright & capable British youth where slaughtered in the circus of carnage WWI was.. it was not the dumb & stupid one's who did volunteer for service in "the great war" , but alas the well educated but gullible who wend...
0:31 Die maquette ziet er nog precies uit zoals 50 jaar geleden, allen het gemaal was toen niet meer operationeel. Prachtig gerestaureerd, een plaatje!
We were much better at making things in the 19th C. Where I live (Norfolk) there are many Dutch-gabled buildings as the Dutch were here to drain our fenland. They left their mark on the countryside and gave my wife her strong nordic jaw...
Wow! What a machine. I have never seen this before. Great!
Leuk om te zien hoeveel belangstelling er is!
Door dit filmpje wordt de interesse gewekt om er het een en ander over te gaan lezen.
Exciting thank's for showing.
A HUGE engine with six beams on it. Never saw one this big!
british engineering fantastic
Yes, before WWI, they where world leaders...Then it wend down ever since....producing shoddy workmanship & poorly engineered stuff...
legend has it , that is because of WWI way too many bright & capable British youth where slaughtered in the circus of carnage WWI was..
it was not the dumb & stupid one's who did volunteer for service in "the great war" , but alas the well educated but gullible who wend...
jan doerlidoe same story goes for POLAND and second WW...
0:31 Die maquette ziet er nog precies uit zoals 50 jaar geleden, allen het gemaal was toen niet meer operationeel. Prachtig gerestaureerd, een plaatje!
cockerill Belgium???
ding moet toch water omhoog pompen niet naarbeneden??
Pumps made in Hayle, Cornwall.
The big wheel in London was erected by the Dutch :) #care Just make it work:)
We were much better at making things in the 19th C.
Where I live (Norfolk) there are many Dutch-gabled buildings as the Dutch were here to drain our fenland. They left their mark on the countryside and gave my wife her strong nordic jaw...
yereverluvinuncleber Can't have it all ;)
Что самое интересное, если этого инженера переместить в наше время, он по-любому скажет:" Нихуя я хуйню наделал". А на тот момент супер сооружение.
Zover ik weet draait het ding momenteel op perslucht..
Die in Medemblik draait zoals het nog vroeger ging, blijft toch mooier echt (water & vuur) de geur van olie/ stoom & kolen.
The dude with his bong though!!!
Середина 19 века
16 hefbomen voor de Plunjerpompen uit 1851
Very steam punk
The dude with his bong though!!!