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Date
8-1969
Description
This photograph shows the sluice gates on the Afsluitdijk, a causeway that created the artificial freshwater lake IJsselmeer. The causeway was completed in 1933 and tamed what was once a problematic harbor in regards to flooding and damage to ships. The sluice gates regulate the flow between the North Sea and the lake.
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Creator 1 Role
Photographer
Recommended Citation
Chester E. Smolski photographic slides and publications, MSS-0041, Special Collections, James P. Adams Library, Rhode Island College.
Recommended Citation
Chester E. Smolski photographic slides and publications, MSS-0041, Special Collections, James P. Adams Library, Rhode Island College.
Keywords
dams; sluice gates; netherlands; IJsselmeer; artificial lake; freshwater lake; North Sea
Notes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zuiderzee (accessed 11 June 2012)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IJsselmeer (accessed 11 June 2012)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afsluitdijk (accessed 11 June 2012)