Kinderdijk (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌkɪndərˈdɛi̯k]) is a village in the municipality of Molenlanden, in the province of South Holland, Netherlands. It is...
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The Kinderdijk windmills are a group of 19 monumental windmills in the Alblasserwaard polder, in the province of South Holland, Netherlands. Most of the...
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Nederwaard Molen No.1 is one of the Kinderdijk windmills, in the Dutch municipality of Molenlanden. The mill, which dates from 1738, is inhabited and cannot...
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Netherlands. It is mainly known for the windmills of Kinderdijk, located near the village of Kinderdijk in the polder's northwestern part. The first human...
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Merwede (2005–2014) is a Dutch shipbuilding company with headquarters in Kinderdijk. It focuses on the development, design and construction of ships for the...
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Dutch villages are known for their concentration of windmills, including Kinderdijk, Zaanse Schans, and Schiedam, home to the tallest windmill in the world...
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a part of the Drechtsteden region. A portion of the small village of Kinderdijk, which boasts the largest and most famous concentration of windmills in...
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The windmills at Kinderdijk in the village of Kinderdijk, Netherlands is a UNESCO World Heritage Site...
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Schokland Amsterdam defense line Kinderdijk-Elshout D.F. Wouda pumping st. Beemster Schröder House Wadden Sea Canals of Amsterdam Van Nelle Factory Frederiksoord...
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is located east of Rotterdam along the Lek. The World Heritage Site of Kinderdijk is in the gemeente. Its largest population centers are Nieuw-Lekkerland...
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J. & K. Smit (section Shipyard in Kinderdijk)
J. & K. Smit was a Dutch shipbuilding company located in Kinderdijk and Krimpen aan de Lek. Its successor is now part of Royal IHC. J. & K. Smit shipyard...
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Smit as a towage company with only the 140 horsepower paddle steamer tug Kinderdijk. Fop's sons, Jan and Leendert, continued the company under the name L...
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previously known as Fop Smit, was a Dutch shipbuilding company located in Kinderdijk. Its successor is now part of Royal IHC. L. Smit en Zoon shipyard was...
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oldest polder, from 1533 Alblasserwaard, containing the windmills of Kinderdijk, a World Heritage Site Alkmaar Andijk Anna Paulownapolder Beemster, a...
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in the Netherlands Lauwersmeer Water board (Netherlands) Windmills at Kinderdijk How it Works: Science and Technology. Marshall Cavendish. 2003. p. 1208...
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and dikes are therefore essential to contain the Lek. At the village of Kinderdijk the Lek meets the Noord River and the combined stream is thereafter known...
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between Geertruidenberg and Dordrecht List of floods in the Netherlands Kinderdijk Lists of disasters Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1421 flood in...
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Modern Archimedes' screw which have replaced some of the windmills used to drain the polders at Kinderdijk in the Netherlands...
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ocean-going ship, intended for the trade on the East Indies at his yard in Kinderdijk in 1838. In 1847 Fop Smit yard built the first iron ship in the Netherlands...
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Hardinxveld-Giessendam and continues as the Noord, to join the Lek, near the village of Kinderdijk, to form the Nieuwe Maas; then flows past Rotterdam and continues via...
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years earlier with HMS Rattler (1843). The ship was built by Fop Smit in Kinderdijk, the Netherlands (later known as L. Smit en Zoon). The virtually identical...
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The windmills at Kinderdijk in the village of Kinderdijk, Netherlands is a UNESCO World Heritage Site...
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(Pump) mill on a dyke at the Overwaard Polder near Kinderdijk...
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Netherlands: From Saint Elisabeth's Flood of 1421, comes the legend of Kinderdijk that a baby and a cat were found floating in a cradle after the city flooded...
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windmills at Zaanse Schans). Other well-known windmills are the windmills at Kinderdijk. See List of windmills in Poland See List of windmills in Portugal See...
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Oude Maas and the Noord. It joins the Lek at the city of Ridderkerk and Kinderdijk, and the combined stream is thereafter known as the Nieuwe Maas. The distance...
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The windmills of Kinderdijk, the Netherlands...
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Schiedam, Machine Factory De Klop in Sliedrecht, J. & K. Smit in Kinderdijk, L. Smit in Kinderdijk, and Verschure & Co. in Amsterdam. These were all strong players...
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replica of St Peter's Basilica Arc de Triomphe Sagrada Familia windmill of Kinderdijk (left) and Zaanse Schans (right) Angkor Wat Making of The Last Emperor...
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Museum village of Orvelte Weigh House and Tax Tower, Alkmaar Windmills, Kinderdijk Hoofdtoren and Oude Doelenkade street, Hoorn Town Hall, Veere Artus Court...
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