Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout' has mentioned 'Water' in the following places:
| Occurrence Sentence | Text Source |
|---|---|
| In the distance he saw a wooden cradle floating on the water. | WIKI |
| As it came nearer, some movement was noted, and upon closer investigation, a cat was found, trying to keep it in balance by leaping back and forth in such a manner that water couldn't flood the cradle. | WIKI |
| In the Alblasserwaard, problems with water became more and more apparent in the 13th century. | WIKI |
| Large canals, called weteringen in Dutch, were dug to get rid of the excess water in the polders. | WIKI |
| It was decided to build a series of windmills, with a limited capacity to bridge water level differences, but just able to pump water into a reservoir at an intermediate level between the soil in the polder and the river. | WIKI |
| Although some of the windmills are still used, the main water works are provided by two diesel pumping stations near one of the entrances of the windmills site. | WIKI |
| The property illustrates all the typical features associated with this technology: polders, high and low-lying drainage and transport channels for superfluous polder water, embankments and dikes, 19 drainage mills, 3 pumping stations, 2 discharge sluices and 2 Water Board Assembly Houses. | UNESCO |
| The installations in the Kinderdijk-Elshout area demonstrate admirably the outstanding contribution made by the people in Netherlands to the technology of handling water. | UNESCO |
| Criterion (ii): The Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout with its historic polder areas, high and low-lying drainage channels, mills and millraces, pumping stations, outlet sluices and Water Board Assembly Houses is an outstanding example of the development of Dutch drainage techniques which were copied and adapted in many parts of the world. | UNESCO |
| The area retains all the relevant features such as the polders with drainage channels and dikes, brick, wooden and thatched windmills, millraces, pumping stations, discharge sluices and Water Board Assembly Houses without any irrelevant or discordant intrusions. | UNESCO |
| The Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout, with its historic xe2x80x98high and low polder areas with natural drainagexe2x80x99, watercourses, mills and millraces, pumping stations, outlet sluices and Water Board Assembly Houses is practically unchanged. | UNESCO |
| Water and dike management is in the hands of the Rivierenland Water Board. | UNESCO |