Pieter Caland (
Zierikzee
Zierikzee () is a small city in the southwest Netherlands, 50 km southwest of Rotterdam. It is situated in the municipality of Schouwen-Duiveland, Zeeland. The city hall of Schouwen-Duiveland is located in Zierikzee, its largest city. Zierikze ...
, 23 July 1826 –
Wageningen
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, 12 July 1902) was a Dutch civil engineer in the service of the
Rijkswaterstaat
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. He devised the plan for the
Nieuwe Waterweg
The Nieuwe Waterweg ("New Waterway") is a ship canal in the Netherlands from Scheur, het Scheur (a branch of the Rhine-Meuse-Scheldt delta) west of the town of Maassluis to the North Sea at Hook of Holland: the #Maasmon, Maasmond, where the Nieu ...
and implemented it from 1864 to 1872.
This visionary project was not without problems and setbacks. Part of the canal had to be dug through wide dunes and special provisions were made for the siting of the channel counter, leading it to run over-time and over-budget and causing Caland to be criticised. However, the new canal caused a boom in trade into Rotterdam and thus fully justified its costs.
Namesakes
* A canal and
a bridge near
Rozenburg
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in
South Holland
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.
* In
Rotterdam
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, near the Veerhaven, Calandstraat and the Calandmonument.
* In
Zierikzee
Zierikzee () is a small city in the southwest Netherlands, 50 km southwest of Rotterdam. It is situated in the municipality of Schouwen-Duiveland, Zeeland. The city hall of Schouwen-Duiveland is located in Zierikzee, its largest city. Zierikze ...
, the Calandweg and the Calandplein.
* In Amsterdam, the in
Osdorp and the in Osdorp.
* One of the metro lines in Rotterdam, the
Caland Line, was named after him.
* In
The Hague
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, the Calandkade, Calandstraat and the Calandplein.
* In
Dordrecht
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, the Calandstraat and the industrial park Dordtse Kil II.
* In
Breda
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, the De Calandstraat
* In
Tilburg
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, the Calandhof.
* In
Arnhem
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, the Pieter Calandweg and the industrial park De Kleefse Waard.
External links
*
Pieter Caland and the Nieuwe Waterweg
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Caland, Pieter
1826 births
1902 deaths
Dutch civil engineers
People from Zierikzee