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DISCHARGE SLUICES DEN OEVER

D. ROOSENBURG, BUREAU ZUIDERZEEWERKEN, -1933, Afsluitdijk, Den Oever

ARCHITECT(URAL OFFICE):
Bureau Zuiderzeewerken
Dirk Roosenburg

ARTIST:
Mari Andriessen

BUILDING TYPE:
Civil engineering works


RELATED BUILDINGS:
Discharge Sluices Kornwerderzand
Monument
Afsluitdijk

Situated at the point where the Afsluitdijk meets Noord-Holland are a series of fifteen discharge sluices, consisting of concrete machine rooms with steel sluice gates in-between, with a total breadth of 180 metre. At the other end where the dike joins Friesland are a further ten sluices stretching 120 metre. At ebb tide the gates are opened to discharge water from the IJsselmeer into the sea.