When was it published?

September 26, 1751 in The Virginia Gazette

Foreign News September 26, 1751

The Virginia Gazette

Q: What keywords are associated?

Lake Drainage, Dutch Engineers, German Proposal, Rotterdam Letter, Haerlem Lake

Richmond, Williamsburg, Richmond County, Virginia

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What is this article about?

Letter from Rotterdam details Dutch engineers' plan to drain Lake of Haerlem using 150 mills over three years at 1.5 million florins, contrasted by a German miner's cheaper proposal of 50 machines in 15 months; he is to build a prototype for testing.

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May 18. By a private Letter from Rotterdam, we are told, that the Dutch Engineers, in their Plan for draining the Lake of Haerlem, proposed to employ 150 Mills for three Years, and had computed the Expence at a Million and Half of Florins, but that a German, who had been long employed in the Mines of Hungary and Harz, had proposed to drain it with 50 Machines, in 15 Months, at a far less Expence, and that he has been ordered to erect one of those Machines, which, if it shall be found to execute what he has asserted, his Proposal will be immediately accepted.

What sub-type of article is it?

Economic

What keywords are associated?

Lake Drainage Dutch Engineers German Proposal Rotterdam Letter Haerlem Lake

Where did it happen?

Lake Of Haerlem

Foreign News Details

Primary Location

Lake Of Haerlem

Event Date

May 18

Outcome

german ordered to erect one machine; proposal to be accepted if successful

Event Details

Dutch Engineers proposed employing 150 Mills for three Years to drain the Lake of Haerlem, computing expense at a Million and Half of Florins. A German, experienced in Mines of Hungary and Harz, proposed draining it with 50 Machines in 15 Months at far less expense.