Slide Title
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Date
8-1969
Description
This photo shows the Afsluitdijk (Engish: Enclosure Dam), a 32 kilometer causeway in the Netherlands. The creation of the Enclosure Dam, completed in 1933, seperated Zuiderzee, a shallow bay, from the North Sea. The result was the creation of IJsselmeer (pictured here at the right), an artificial freshwater lake, and increased stability of the water, which protected ships and housing in the surrounding areas.
Creator 1 Role
Photographer
Subject Headings
Roads -- Causeways -- Netherlands;
Country Name
Netherlands
Region Name
North Holland
Recommended Citation
Smolski, Chet, "Netherlands: Enclosure Dam & IJsselmeer" (1969). Browse All. 906.
https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/smolski_images/906
Keywords
Enclosure Dam; Netherlands; causeways; Roads; IJsselmeer
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)