SREF Project- Jacob
I went to the Maritime Museum in Groningen. Out of all of the different boats, engines, replicas and paintings I found the “Zomps or Pegge” boat the most unique. It was used on streams and canals in Overijsel. They could carry up to 17 tons and where mostly used transporting cargo. The cool bit about the ship is the sides where detachable and here used to blockade the river and rise the water level for itself and other boats. At one time over 180 of these sailed on the Regge and 70 on the Berkel. There is still a working replica owned by the Zomp Foundation in Rijssen.
posted by Jacob Parks @ May 31, 2022
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2 Comments:
This is very cool! I find the part about the ship having detachable parts quite interesting. It’s fascinating to see how engineers design a ship to have multiple functions in this manner.
Wow, those zomps or pegge boats sound very cool! I don't think that I have ever seen or heard about anything like that before. I feel like these boats almost act as their own lock and dams systems.
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