Bart van Damme
Brouwersdam
Brouwersdam, between the islands of Goeree Overflakkee and Schouwen-Duiveland, on the border of the provinces of Zuid-Holland and Zeeland, The Netherlands.
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The Brouwersdam, located between the isles of between Goeree-Overflakkee and Schouwen-Duiveland, is the seventh of the Dutch Delta Works. Started in 1965 and finished in 1971, it has closed off the connection between the North Sea and the Brouwershavense Gat, thus protecting the islands of the Dutch provinces of Zuid-Holland and Zeeland against major floods, like the North Sea flood of 1953, killing 1,836 in the Netherlands, 307 in England, 28 in Belgium and 19 in Scotland. Further damages: 9% of total Dutch farmland flooded, 30,000 animals drowned, 47,300 buildings damaged of which 10,000 destroyed.
Brouwersdam
Brouwersdam, between the islands of Goeree Overflakkee and Schouwen-Duiveland, on the border of the provinces of Zuid-Holland and Zeeland, The Netherlands.
website | maasvlakte book | portfolio book | getty images
The Brouwersdam, located between the isles of between Goeree-Overflakkee and Schouwen-Duiveland, is the seventh of the Dutch Delta Works. Started in 1965 and finished in 1971, it has closed off the connection between the North Sea and the Brouwershavense Gat, thus protecting the islands of the Dutch provinces of Zuid-Holland and Zeeland against major floods, like the North Sea flood of 1953, killing 1,836 in the Netherlands, 307 in England, 28 in Belgium and 19 in Scotland. Further damages: 9% of total Dutch farmland flooded, 30,000 animals drowned, 47,300 buildings damaged of which 10,000 destroyed.