No, it's for a tide-flood.
This is how it looks when it is closed:
When we get a big storm, the 'arms' close.
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No, it's for a tide-flood.
This is how it looks when it is closed:
When we get a big storm, the 'arms' close.
That’s a fantastic piece of engineering! We’ve got the Thames barrier here which is very cool in itself and used from time to time
Wow that is huge. Haven't seen something like that before. Thanks for sharing, very impressive!!
After a serious flood in 1953 where 1.836 people died, the government invested a lot in protection against the sea. This is one of the structures of the 'deltawerken'. There are 12 more of these kind of protections.
If you're interested, you should check out this video:
OKay, finished watching, and boy am I impressed! That is so awesome! And the level of finding compromise - I wish we had that capacity these days in politics. Just impressive. Did you ever partake in the Headwind Competition?
I'd love to, but it's only announced very short before it starts because the wind needs to be exactly right (hard, but not too hard and from the right direction).
I thought so, if you don't live close by, it must be difficult to get there in time. Anyway, thank you so much for posting this, that was really interesting!
You're welcome. Thanks for your interest in this ☺️
Will do, thank you! It always fascinantes me how such a "small" arm like the north sea can accumulate enough strength to do such destruction. Hamburg 1962 ist the trauma of northern Germany in that.