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Old Peat Sluice

Old Peat Sluice

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Old Peat Sluice

Name: Old Peat Sluice
Rating: 2

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Location: Lemsterland, Friesland, Netherlands

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1. Old Windmill Brandemeer – Molen de Rietvink loop from Heerenveen

54.1km

03:06

50m

Intermediate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels.

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2. Christiaanbrug Drawbridge – Old Windmill Brandemeer loop from Echtenerbrug

20.0km

01:08

20m

Easy bike ride. Great for any fitness level. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels.

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3. Old Windmill Brandemeer – Scheenesluis (Scheene Lock) loop from Delfstrahuizen

23.8km

01:25

20m

Easy bike ride. Great for any fitness level. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels.

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Bea

December 23, 2020

Going over with the little ferry is a hit!

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stgnk

April 6, 2023

The lock is very characteristic for this area. It is probably the only one of its kind in our country. That is why Mr. G. van der Meulen of Staatsbosbeheer in the early 1980s to bring the dilapidated lock back to life.

In order to be able to transport the peat by ship outside the polders, simple wooden locks were built in the polder dikes at several places.

Every peat boss had his own lock. Several dozen of these locks were once built in Westellingwerf in the low moor areas, both along the Linde and the Tjonger or Kuinder. These were locks that often only consisted of two lock heads with a so-called green vortex in between. The lock walls in such locks were therefore not lined. In short, the locks were actually no more than a piece of heifer closed off with two doors

The lock was renovated in 1997 and carried out as a work-learning project by students of the MTS "De Friese Poort in Drachten

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RHonthemove

July 18, 2022

Interesting information about the history of this area

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Location: Lemsterland, Friesland, Netherlands

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Old Peat Sluice

1. Old Windmill Brandemeer – Molen de Rietvink loop from Heerenveen

2. Christiaanbrug Drawbridge – Old Windmill Brandemeer loop from Echtenerbrug

3. Old Windmill Brandemeer – Scheenesluis (Scheene Lock) loop from Delfstrahuizen

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