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Reclaiming Land from the Sea: The Dutch Struggle with Water Management

The Netherlands has historically faced significant challenges in draining land and managing water levels due to its unique geography below sea level. To combat these challenges, the Dutch constructed dykes and sluices to prevent flooding and reclaim additional land. This process involved innovative engineering, including the use of windmills to pump out water. Investments were necessary for drainage projects, and those who financed them profited from the rental of farms on drained land. Notable examples of this reclamation include the Kinderdijke, Haarlemmermeer, and Beemster polder projects.

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Reclaiming Land from the Sea: The Dutch Struggle with Water Management

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  1. Draining the land Paragraph 2.10

  2. Netherlands • We always had trouble fighting the sea! • We wanted to keep out the water and reclaim more land. • We built dykes and sluices to keep the water out.

  3. Netherlands without dykes

  4. How to drain? • Land below sea level needed the water pumped up from it. • 1st: built a dyke around the land • 2nd: built windmills on the dyke • 3rd: windmills pumped the water out. • The State passed various patents for different types of windmills and pumps.

  5. Tower scoop windmill: lifting water

  6. Paying for this: • Drainage was expensive • People had to invest in it. • Investors made profit from renting out the farms they built on the drained land. • Investments were made by selling land that would be drained.

  7. 2 examples • Kinderdijke • Haarlemmermeer • Beemster polder

  8. Kinderdijke

  9. Beemster

  10. Man who built the mills at tteBeemster: Jan Leeghwater

  11. http://entoen.nu/beemster/beeld-en-geluid/schooltv-beeldbankclip-de-molengang#beeldhttp://entoen.nu/beemster/beeld-en-geluid/schooltv-beeldbankclip-de-molengang#beeld • http://entoen.nu/beemster/beeld-en-geluid/schooltv-beeldbankclip-werelderfgoed-de-beemster#beeld

  12. Keywords • Patent: aninvention is officiallylisted as yours, no-oneelsecanusedit without yourpermission. • Invest: to put money intosomething, hopingto make profit.

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