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Nekum Mill and Fish Ladder on the Jeker

Nekum Mill and Fish Ladder on the Jeker

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Nekum Mill and Fish Ladder on the Jeker

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Location: Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands

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Rob Josten 🦅

November 16, 2022

A fish ladder or fish passage, shown on the left of the photo, is a hydraulic engineering structure that aims to give fish access to a hinterland that has become inaccessible due to a dike, dam, weir or lock.

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Nathalie V. 🇧🇪

November 19, 2022

Until 1930, glaze was ground here at the mill to make pottery watertight.

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🚲 Se🥾astian 💨

September 11, 2023

Looks very beautiful and idyllic

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Miranda 🥾 TriA© / Johnny

May 3, 2025

The Roer en Overmaas Water Board has widened the Jeker from the Nekum mill to the Prins Bisschopssingel in Maastricht to prevent flooding. The construction of a fish ladder removed the fish migration bottleneck at the mill (until 1930, glaze was ground here to make pottery waterproof). Fish can now easily pass the mill to lay their eggs upstream, among other things. In the Aquadra project, the water board is working across borders with ten water managers in South Limburg and Belgium to further improve water quality and prevent flooding in the catchment areas of the Jeker, Voer, Berwijn and Geul.

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Anneke B.

July 10, 2023

A fish ladder has been constructed on the side of the river so that the fish can pass the mill.

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