Deltawerken / Delta Works

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About Deltawerken / Delta Works

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The 'Delta Works' are a number of constructions that were built between 1950 and 1997 in the southwest of the Netherlands to protect a large area of land from the sea. The works consist of dams, sluices, locks, dikes and storm surge barriers. The aim of the dams, sluices and storm surge barriers was to shorten the Dutch coastline and limit the amount of dikes that were to be heightened.


The works that are part of the Delta Works:

Brielsegatdam (1950)
Stormvloedkering Hollandse IJssel (1958)
Zandkreekdam (1960)
Veersegatdam (1961)
Grevelingendam (1965)
Volkerakdam (1969)
Haringvliet sluices (1971)
Brouwersdam (1971)
Markiezaatskade (1983)
Eastern Scheldt Storm Surge Barrier (1986)
Oesterdam (1987)
Philipsdam (1987)
Bathse Spuisluis (1987)
Hartelkering (1997)
Maeslantkering (1997)

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