A Dutch leaning tower saved in 1866 by the same method used for the Pisa tower

The method of carefully extracting soil underneath the Pisa Tower to make it straighter and safer has been shown to be very successful. The same method was used for a seriously leaning church tower in the village Nijland in the Friesland province of the Netherlands in 1866 (Fig. 1). Here follows a detailed report, published in 1869.¹

'On the 23^d of December 1865 the church tower of Nijland (province of Friesland) was investigated, by me, at the invitation of the churchwardens of the Reformed Church at that place — the gentlemen A.J. Breeuwsma, FA. de Boer...