Maeslantkering
Two hinged gates, each 210 m wide and 22 m high, that swing out to shut the 360 m Nieuwe Waterweg, the shipping route to Rotterdam, when a storm surge threatens.
Dated events and their evidence
- 1997 CE mainstream
opened by Queen Beatrix on 10 May after six years of building source
Where
51.9553° N, 4.1638° E
On the barrier, at the Hook of Holland end of the Nieuwe Waterweg.
Sources
- https://www.rijkswaterstaat.nl/water/waterbeheer/bescherming-tegen-het-water/waterkeringen/deltawerken/maeslantkering
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maeslantkering
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