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The Zuiderzee Works (Dutch: Zuiderzeewerken) is a system of dams and dikes, land reclamation and water drainage work, which was the largest hydraulic engineering project undertaken by the Netherlands during the twentieth century.
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.
Historical map of the Netherlands (1658) with the Zuyder Zee. 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.
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.
The Zuiderzee Works (Zuiderzeewerken) are a system of dams, land reclamation, and water drainage works. The basis of the project was the damming off of the Zuiderzee, a large shallow inlet of the North Sea. This dam, called the Afsluitdijk, was built in 1932–33, separating the Zuiderzee from the North Sea.
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The Afsluitdijk (literally translated: shut-off-dyke) was completed in 1932, thereby shutting off the Zuiderzee (lit: Southern Sea) from the North Sea. [4] Until then, the Zuiderzee had been a large bay south of the North Sea which gave maritime access to five provinces of The Netherlands, and particularly during the Dutch Golden Age provided a protected entrance and exit for the harbour of ...
In 1948, he was promoted to Chief Engineer-Director, a position he held until 1958. He continued to serve as an advisor until 1963. His extensive knowledge on the Zuiderzee Works was encapsulated in the book Een halve eeuw Zuiderzeewerken (Half a century of the Zuiderzee Works), which he published in 1972 at the age of 80. [7] [8]