Polder pump station Piet Oberman (NL)

On behalf of the Zuiderzeeland Water Board, we renovated the Piet Oberman polder pumping station in Tollebeek. The open type centrifugal pump dating from the 1970s was fitted with new parts and converted from a grease-lubricated to a water-lubricated pump. The non-return valves and control box were also renewed.

The pumping station in Tollebeek is named after Frisian resistance fighter Piet Oberman (resistance name Piet Kramer). Piet Oberman was active in the resistance in WWII and involved in the raid on the House of Detention in Leeuwarden on 8 December 1944.