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Former breakwater before the Frisian Wadden Sea coast..
This former stone breakwater served to protect the reclaimed land from the sea currents, by keeping this far off the coast.
In this way the scouring effect on the reclaimed land was limited to a minimum.
This stone breakwater was part of a whole series, including wooden ones.
With the construction of the famous 32 km long "Afsluitdijk", the huge dike between the provinces of Noord-Holland and Friesland, the complex of breakwaters has completly lost its function because the sea currents between the North Sea, the Wadden Sea and the Zuyder Sea was eliminated.
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Former breakwater before the Frisian Wadden Sea coast..
This former stone breakwater served to protect the reclaimed land from the sea currents, by keeping this far off the coast.
In this way the scouring effect on the reclaimed land was limited to a minimum.
This stone breakwater was part of a whole series, including wooden ones.
With the construction of the famous 32 km long "Afsluitdijk", the huge dike between the provinces of Noord-Holland and Friesland, the complex of breakwaters has completly lost its function because the sea currents between the North Sea, the Wadden Sea and the Zuyder Sea was eliminated.
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