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De Hollandsche IJsselkering

Ijsseldijk
Krimpen aan den IJssel Netherlands

Status:
built
Construction Dates
  Began1954
  Finished1958
Building Uses
 - mechanical
Structural Types
 - tower

 Heights ValueSource / Comments 
Roof148 ftWikipedia
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Description
Architects:
• J.A.G. van der Steur jr.
• H.G. Kroon.

• It was started with construction after the North Sea flood of 1953.
• The doors are more than 80 meters wide and 11.5 meters high and hung between two towers with a steel cable.
• Also part of the city 'Capelle aan den Ijssel'.
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• Photo Link: http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/440185.jpg

Wikipedia Entry (Dutch)


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