Amsteldiepdijk
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Amsteldiep 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 of Wieringen is connected to the west with mainland of North Holland and is no longer an island.
The dam serves as a prototype in some way to works to come on the future IJsselmeer
.
Some errors served as lessons.
A collapse is still visible on the side of the lake Amstelmeer . The government decided that it was the fault of the contractor and ultimately he had to pay damages to the state. These events have decided to prime contractors to join forces in a consortium, the Society for the implementation of work of the Zuiderzee.
This small dike is important because for the first time boulder clay was used in the construction of dam.
It remained to build the large dam in the south to close the polder Wieringermeer
.
Van Ewijcksluis
Van Ewijcksluis is a hamlet in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Anna Paulowna, and lies about southeast of Den Helder.In 2001, the town of Van Ewijcksluis had 214 inhabitants...
and the island of Wieringen
Wieringen
Wieringen is a municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. It consists of a former island, also named Wieringen, and there are plans to make Wieringen an island again by widening the Amsteldiepkanaal into a lake called the Wieringerrandmeer.-Population centres :The...
. 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
Zuiderzee Works
The Zuiderzee Works are a manmade system of dams, land reclamation and water drainage works, the largest hydraulic engineering project undertaken by the Netherlands during the twentieth century. The project involved the damming of the Zuiderzee, a large, shallow inlet of the North Sea, and the...
.
With the small dike, the former island of Wieringen is connected to the west with mainland of North Holland and is no longer an island.
The dam serves as a prototype in some way to works to come on the future IJsselmeer
IJsselmeer
IJsselmeer is a shallow artificial lake of 1100 km² in the central Netherlands bordering the provinces of Flevoland, North Holland and Friesland, with an average depth of 5 to 6 m. The IJsselmeer is the largest lake in Western Europe....
.
Some errors served as lessons.
A collapse is still visible on the side of the lake Amstelmeer . The government decided that it was the fault of the contractor and ultimately he had to pay damages to the state. These events have decided to prime contractors to join forces in a consortium, the Society for the implementation of work of the Zuiderzee.
This small dike is important because for the first time boulder clay was used in the construction of dam.
It remained to build the large dam in the south to close the polder Wieringermeer
Wieringermeer
Wieringermeer is a municipality and a polder in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland.- Population centres :The municipality of Wieringermeer consists of the following cities, towns, villages and/or districts: Kreileroord, Middenmeer, Slootdorp, Wieringerwerf.- History :Around the year...
.