RECLAIMING THE ZUYDER ZEE
Wha* is said, to be the bujgesfc^reelama-tioii-work in, the world is in orogressin' Holland, where 900 square miles of the .Zuyder Zee are being reclaimed. The origin of " the Zuyder Zee is unknown, but for years the' Dutch people have considered;}ihat the'rsea" has*';'inundated land that ought to be reclaimed. The Zuyder' Zee is shallow, and iv some parts the sea-bed is exposed'at low tide. This great enterprise; which will not be completed until 1933, involves the use of dozens of dredgers, craiies, and boats of many kinds. Among the equipment used are 12 steam-driven "floating cranes, 15 steam-driven -suction dredgers, 7 steamdriven • dredgers, 3 big floating steam transporters, 100 tug boats, 12-bunker vessels, 3 steam-driven passenger vessels for transporting workmen, 12 motor-boats for transporting men in charge of the project, 25 smaller motor-boats for communication purposes, one ferry boat for transporting huge stones, 150 barges, besides a. number of smaller vessels, land cranes, steam and motor locomotives, small railway cars for sand and clay transport.-
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Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 125, 29 May 1930, Page 21
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169RECLAIMING THE ZUYDER ZEE Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 125, 29 May 1930, Page 21
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