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Lemmer–Delfzijl Waterway
Lemmer–Delfzijl Waterway in Dutch (HLD) is a main waterway in the Netherlands. It runs between Lemmer and Delfzijl in the provinces Friesland and Groningen (province), Groningen. It consists of the minor ship canal Eems Canal, the Van Starkenborgh Canal and the Prinses Margriet Canal. History Initial construction The Lemmer–Delfzijl Waterway was constructed in three sections. As built, these had nothing to do with navigating the whole stretch from Lemmer to Delfzijl. In 1876 the Eems Canal was opened. It was constructed as a drainage canal and ship canal to revitalize Groningen city as a sea harbor. In 1900, the maximum size of barges that could use the existing waterway from Groningen to Friesland was only 120-140t. In 1929, Groningen and the national government agreed to upgrade this waterway using a new trajectory. Groningen then went ahead and constructed the newly dug Van Starkenborgh Canal, suitable for 1,000t barges. In 1937 the canals that are now the Van ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IJsselmeer
The IJsselmeer (; , ), also known as Lake IJssel in English, is a closed-off freshwater lake in the central Netherlands bordering the Provinces of the Netherlands, provinces of Flevoland, North Holland and Friesland. It covers an area of with an average depth of . The river IJssel, after which the lake was named, flows into the IJsselmeer. The first two letters of the name are capitalized because IJ (digraph), IJ is a digraph (orthography), digraph sometimes considered a Typographic ligature, ligature in Dutch language, Dutch. History Two thousand years ago Pomponius Mela, a Ancient Rome, Roman geographer, mentioned a complex of lakes at the current location of the IJsselmeer. He called it ''Lake Flevo, Lacus Flevo''. Over the centuries, the lake banks crumbled away due to flooding and wave action, and the lake, now called the Almere (lake), Almere, grew considerably. During the 12th and 13th centuries, storm surges and sea level rise, rising sea levels flooded large areas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
