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DISCHARGE SLUICES KORNWERDERZAND

D. ROOSENBURG, BUREAU ZUIDERZEEWERKEN, -1933, Afsluitdijk, Kornwerderzand

ARCHITECT(URAL OFFICE):
Dirk Roosenburg
Bureau Zuiderzeewerken

ARTIST:
Studio Roosegaarde

BUILDING TYPE:
Civil engineering works


RELATED BUILDINGS:
Afsluitdijk
Discharge Sluices Den Oever
Monument

In Den Oever, 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. In Kornwederzand, 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.