I was driving on de N840 between Nijmegen and Millingen a/d Rijn when I passed this building along the road. Does anyone know the (original) purpose of this building?
First thought was a dijkhuisje, but there is no water nearby and on the left (on the bricked window) it says "provinciale elektriciteitswerken".
by Quasibobo
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It says “Provincial Electricity Works”, so probably a substation for electricity.
Seems to have been an “elektriciteitshuisje” (don’t know the proper English term for it), part of the Provinciale Geldersche Elektriciteits Maatschappij. It was part of the electricity infrastructure, elektriciteitshuisjes usually contain things like transformers to make the power suitable for home use.
It’s a substation located in the [Ooijpolder](https://nl.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ooijpolder) the reason it’s raised is because that the polder was a marsh which was prone to flooding. It’s was raised to protected from the floods.
Looks like that if you kill the bokoblins it will give some mediocre loot.