Steam pumping station at Meldijk & the Second Broeker Mill
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Since 1874, the steam pumping station at the Meldijk has been pumping water from the Uitgeester and Heemskerkerbroek into the Uitgeester Lake, which is about 1 metre higher.
The polder still contains rare remnants of the inner delta of the Oer-IJ. There are silted plates and mud flats, meandering watercourses, banks and salt marsh ridges. These were already present at the beginning of the era.
Second Broeker Mill
After the drawbridge, you will see the Second Broeker Mill from 1631 (rebuilt in 1866). This was one of five mills that stood on the Lagendijk and milled the polder behind it before the steam pumping station was built.
Note: Cycle on to junction 85.