Zuiderzee Works
The Dutch programme that dammed an inland sea and pumped new land out of its bed. It turned the salt Zuiderzee into a lake, and one polder alone, Eastern Flevoland, covers 540 km2.
Dated events and their evidence
- 1924 CE mainstream
the 2.5 km Amsteldiepdijk, the programme's trial dyke, is finished source - 1930 CE mainstream
the Wieringermeer, the first polder, falls dry source - 1932 CE mainstream
the Afsluitdijk shuts the sea out source - 1942 CE mainstream
the Noordoostpolder falls dry source - 1957 CE mainstream
the first Flevoland polder is finished source - 1968 CE mainstream
the second Flevoland polder is finished source
Where
52.8210° N, 5.2690° E
The point Wikidata gives lies in the IJsselmeer between Enkhuizen and Stavoren, the lake the programme made. It stands for the programme, not one structure.
Sources
- https://www.rijkswaterstaat.nl/water/waterbeheer/bescherming-tegen-het-water/100-jaar-zuiderzeewet
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zuiderzee_Works
- https://www.canonvannederland.nl/nl/noord-holland/noordkop/zuiderzeewerken
- https://www.rijkswaterstaat.nl/en/projects/iconic-structures/the-afsluitdijk
- https://www.canonvannederland.nl/nl/overijssel/land-van-vollenhove/blokzijl/het-nieuwe-land
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flevopolder
Each event carries Aion's own evidence grade (mainstream, disputed or speculative). This page repeats what the globe shows for this place.