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North Sea Canal

NAUERNA, Amsterdam Westerpoort – In the background at 14 km Tata Steel IJmuiden; a Steel Plant in IJmuiden and Velsen-Noord, Netherlands. Tata Steel IJmuiden was formerly known as Koninklijke Nederlandse Hoogovens en Staalfabrieken (KNHS) until 1996 (informally Hoogovens), and then Koninklijke Hoogovens Steel Factories, IJmuiden, The Netherlands.

 

The North Sea Canal (Dutch: Noordzeekanaal) is a Dutch Ship Canal, long 25 km, from Amsterdam to the North Sea at IJmuiden, constructed between 1865 and 1876 to enable seafaring Vessels to reach the Port of Amsterdam. This Man-Made Channel terminates at Amsterdam in the closed-off IJ Bay, which in turn connects to the Amsterdam-Rhine Canal.

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