Historical Events tagged with "flevopolder"

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Transportation & Infrastructure

Closure of the East Flevoland Dike

September 13th, 1956 68 years ago

The closure of the dike around East Flevoland marked a significant engineering achievement in the Netherlands. This dike was critical for land reclamation from the IJsselmeer Lake, enabling the transformation of water into viable agricultural land. The dike closure completed a major phase of the Zuiderzee Works project, which started in the 1920s. This agricultural land would soon become a focal point for the Dutch economy, providing new opportunities for farming and settlement in previously uninhabitable areas.

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