floodgates the dam haringvlietdam delta work

navigate by keyword : american architecture attraction barrier barriers building built civil closeup coast coastline complex construction culture declared delta details dutch engineering engineers environment europe famous flood floodgate floodgates haringvlietdam hellevoetsluis holland hydraulic land landmark landscape locks management marine modern nature netherlands north panorama project protect protection province scene scenery sea seawall seawater security seven sluice sluices society south southwest stellendam storm surface surge technique technology tourism tourist travel view views vista water waterworks weir west western wonders work works world zealand zeeland

Floodgates of the dam Haringvlietdam, a Delta work Royalty Free Stock Photo

Haringvlietdam a construction of the Delta Works Royalty Free Stock Photo

Floodgates of the dam Haringvlietdam, a Delta work

Netherlands, province South Holland, between the small town Hellevoetsluis and village Stellendam is the Haringvlietdam built. The Delta Works is a series of construction projects in the southwest of the Netherlands to protect a large area of land from the north sea. The works consist of dams, sluices, locks, dikes, levees, and storm surge barriers. The aim of the dams, sluices, and storm surge barriers was to shorten the Dutch coastline, thus reducing the number of dikes that had to be raised. The Delta Works have been declared one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World by the American Society of Civil Engineers.