...A E CAREY © Thomas Telford and ICE 1911 COASTAL LAND RECLAMATION DAMS BREAKWATERS DEFENCES HISTORY POLDERS WATER LEVELS SAND DUNES PROTECTION DRAINAGE SEA WALLS MATTRESSES COASTS SEA WALLS DYKES FORESHORES METHODS ARTIFICIAL BARRIERS WINNING WORKS ZUIDER ZEE...

... connect the Zuider Zee withtheNorth Sea. The datum A.P. was the mean tide level; the oscillation of the tides in the NorthSea at the outlewt as but 5 feet ; assuming that the lerel of the Zuider Zee was the same as themean tide level in the North Sea, the fall of water was 30 inches; the fall...

... to Amsterdam being shallow. As aremedy theNorth Holland Ship Canal, from Lake Y, opposite Amsterdam to Niewediep, at the Texel Roads, was completed in 1825, previous to which Amsterdam had no communication with the ocean excepting by the Zuider Zee and through the Texel Roads. Thiscanal traverses the low lands...