The Zuyder Zee.
BiC GOVERNMENT SCHEME AT AN ENORMOUS COST. I By Electric Telegraph—Coptbight] |United Press Association.] (Received 5.50 a.m.) The Hague, January ‘27. The Government scheme of reclaiming the Znyder Zee involves the reclamation of 815 square miles and the conversion of 557 square miles into a fresh water lake. The cost will be £15,750,000.
The scheme includes 18 miles oi concrete embankment which will carry a double line of railways and a carriage road.
It is expected the land will give the State a rental of £1,250,000.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 24, 28 January 1914, Page 5
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