Afsluitdijk - The Netherlands
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The Afsluitdijk is a 32 km long flood defense system in the Netherlands between the provinces of North Holland and Friesland that closes off the IJsselmeer from the Wadden Sea.
Waymark Code: WM16ABZ
Location: Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Date Posted: 06/13/2022
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According to the ASCE about the Afsluitdijk (phase 1 of the North Sea protection works):
"Unique in the world, this vast and complex system of dams, floodgates, storm surge barriers and other engineered works literally allows the Netherlands to exist. For centuries, the people of the Netherlands have repeatedly attempted to push back the sea -- only to watch merciless storm surges flood their efforts, since the nation sits below sea level and its land mass is still sinking. The North Sea Protection Works consists of two monumental steps the Dutch took to win their struggle to hold back the sea. Step One -- a 19-mile-long enclosure dam built between 1927 and 1932. The immense dike, 100 yards thick at the waterline, collars the neck of the estuary once known as the Zuiderzee. Step Two was the Delta Project to control the treacherous area where the mouths of the Meuse and Rhine Rivers break into a delta. The crowning touch was the Eastern Schelde Barrier, a two-mile barrier of tell gates slung between massive concrete piers. The gates fall only when storm-waters threaten. The North Sea Protection Works exemplifies humanity's ability to exist side-by-side with the forces of nature."
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Dam is 32 kilometers long. In Noord Holland province (west side of dam) it starts at Den Oever and in Friesland province (east side of dam), it starts at Kornwerderzand
Type of structure/site: Dam
Date of Construction: 1927-1932
Engineer/Architect/Builder etc.: Dr. Ir. Cornelis Lely
Engineering Organization Listing: American Society of Civil Engineers
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