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The Zuiderzee Works (Dutch: Zuiderzeewerken) is a system of dams and dikes, ... The dike, with a length of 2.5 km (1.6 mi), was built between 1920 and 1924.
The Zuiderzee or Zuider Zee (Dutch: [ˌzœydərˈzeː] ⓘ; old spelling Zuyderzee or Zuyder Zee), historically called Lake Almere and Lake Flevo, was a shallow bay of the North Sea in the northwest of the Netherlands. It extended about 100 km (60 miles) inland and at most 50 km (30 miles) wide, with an overall depth of about 4 to 5 metres (13 ...
The impetus for the founding of the Zuiderzeemuseum in Enkhuizen was an exhibition that was held around 1930 in the park along the sea wall. In this Zuiderzee Visscherij Tentoonstelling (Southern Sea Fishing Exhibition) (ZVT) were displayed cardboard houses and costumed locals from around the Zuiderzee.
Construction of foundations for the Stevinsluizen sluice complex of the Afsluitdijk by MUZ (1930). The Maatschappij tot Uitvoering van Zuiderzeewerken (MUZ) (English: Society for the Execution of the Zuiderzee Works) was a consortium of dredging contractors in the Netherlands, formed in August 1926 for the specific purpose of executing the Zuiderzee Works.
In 1932, the Afsluitdijk transformed the Zuiderzee into an inland lake without the devastating floods of the past. The area around the lake thus became a natural area with rich vegetation and many animal species. [1] In the 1960s and 1970s, the area of today's nature and urban park was used as a landfill for household and chemical waste. This ...
Amsteldiepdijk is a dike between Van Ewijcksluis and the island of Wieringen. It was built in 1924 and closes a portion of the Amsteldiep and of the Ulkediep. It is often considered to be the first work of engineering of the Zuiderzee works. With the small dike, the former island (1200 to 1932) of Wieringen is connected on the western side with ...
In 1941 work for this project started; about 2 km of a dike north of Marken was built. It would have had an area of nearly 600 km 2. But the German occupation stopped the project. Later, it was decided that the Flevopolder should have priority. In 1957, the island of Marken was connected to the mainland of the province North-Holland.
Works on the Zuiderzee and IJsselmeer main page on Zuiderzee Works. Pages in category "Zuiderzee Works" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total.