Unrecorded broadside, relating to Dutch water management in Sluipwijk (near Gouda) in the 18th century. This official publication from the water authority of Sluipwijk (waterschap Sluipwijk) informs landowners whose properties include a part of a dike or a body of the water of the latest regulations. In particular, it calls them to remove rubbish and weeds from the waterways, gives the exact width and depth that some of the ditches needed to be, and tells them to even out holes and wheel tracks on the dikes and roads.
Water management in Sluipwijk was particularly important because the area was heavily used for peat extraction in the 18th and 19th centuries. This is still visible today, as the village is now almost fully surrounded by manmade lakes (called the Reeuwijkse plassen), which were created as a result of peat cutting. The peat was primarily used by the factories in nearby Gouda. The present broadside gives insight into the activities of the water authority of Sluipwijk to protect the area from flooding, as well as making sure the peat cutting industry could continue unobstructed.
With a contemporary annotation in the top right corner. The work is somewhat browned and the edges are frayed, with horizontal and vertical folds, which are beginning to tear around the edges of the work, the left margin has been partially cut off. Otherwise in good condition. Not in Delpher; WorldCat.