Steam Pumping Station De Tuut

Steam pumping station De Tuut is a steam pumping station built between 1917 and 1919 located on the Maas. The steam pumping station was in operation until 1967. For decades it was one of eight steam pumping stations in the Land van Maas en Waal.

The "De Tuut" pumping station in Appeltern is an industrial monument from 1918. It is the only still functioning steam-powered pumping station in the Gelderland region. It was an important tool in the fight against the water. A fight that goes back to the Middle Ages and was officially started in 1321 by Count Rainald von Geldern.

An old but well-preserved steam pumping station where the water can be pumped away. there is also a beautiful country house next to it.