Once the Rhine enters the Netherlands, one finds many ship yards and some goofy ship making as well as pasture lands for grazing animals. It is all very flat country.
When your ship enters the Netherlands it becomes really clear that the land is flat and that the river is almost even with the banks. It is also clear that the Netherlands is a very busy, productive place with ship repair facilities everywhere.
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HERE’S HOW THE DUTCH MOVE WATER FROM ONE SOURCE THAT IS GETTING FULL TO ANOTHER THAT CAN ACT AS AN OUTLET TO PREVENT FLOODING.
Diesel engine runs the station.
Modern use of Leonardo DaVinci’s screw drive to move water.
Water pumped to a canal which carries it to the Rhine.
Kinderdyk is home to surviving windmills that used to pump water from one source to another to keep flooding under control. Each windmill has a complete “home” inside for the operator’s family. The history of this is here: <https://kinderdijk.com/about-kinderdijk/story/kinderdijk-history/>.
