Deltawerken
Also known as Delta Works
1958
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The Delta Works is a national flood-defense system in the Rhine, Meuse, and Scheldt delta of the southwest Netherlands, built between 1958 and 1997 in response to the 1953 North Sea Flood. The program was carried out by Rijkswaterstaat…
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- 1986
The Oosterscheldekering, a nine-kilometre storm-surge barrier across the Eastern Scheldt, was completed as the largest Delta Works component.
- 1991-1997
The Maeslantkering on the Nieuwe Waterweg and the Hartelkering completed the Delta Works program.
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- Jaap Berk · Public domain
- Rijkswaterstaat · CC BY 3.0 nl
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