Lauwersmeer
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Lauwersmeer is a man-made lake in the north of the Netherlands, on the border of the provinces of Groningen and Friesland. The lake was formed on 23 May 1969, when the dike between the bay called Lauw
Lauwersmeer lake, June 2015
Sluice at Lauwersoog
Sluice at Lauwersoog
Sluice, engine room in the top of the building
Zuiderzee Works
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The Zuiderzee Works is a system of dams and dikes, land reclamation and water drainage work, which was the largest hydraulic engineering project undertaken by the Netherlands during the twentieth cent
Lauwersmeer
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The 32 km Afsluitdijk separates the IJsselmeer (right) from the Wadden Sea (left), protecting thousands of km2 of land.
Statue of Cornelis Lely on the Afsluitdijk
Construction of the Afsluitdijk
Flooding of the Wieringermeer following damage to the dykes during World War II