Maeslant Barrier

Also known as Maeslantkering

Year

1997

Type

building

Two enormous hollow steel sectors, each the size of the Eiffel Tower laid on its side, retract into dry docks on either bank of the Nieuwe Waterweg and swing shut when storm surge threatens Rotterdam. The Maeslantkering (the world's largest …

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