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Gravdigr · 10-31-2011, 02:18 PM

from Wikipedia:

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The Nieuwe Waterweg ("New Waterway") is a ship canal in the Netherlands from het Scheur (a branch of the Rhine-Meuse-Scheldt delta) west of the town of Maassluis to the North Sea at Hook of Holland. It is the artificial mouth of the river Rhine.

glatt · 10-31-2011, 02:19 PM

Good job Grav!

Maeslantkering

glatt · 10-31-2011, 02:21 PM

So how did you find this storm surge barrier in Holland?

infinite monkey · 10-31-2011, 02:23 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt

Cool!

FYI: It's not a canal.

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The Nieuwe Waterweg ("New Waterway") is a ship canal in the Netherlands from het Scheur (a branch of the Rhine-Meuse-Scheldt delta) west of the town of Maassluis to the North Sea at Hook of Holland. It is the artificial mouth of the river Rhine.

What's not a canal?

infinite monkey · 10-31-2011, 02:28 PM

Where be this?

HungLikeJesus · 10-31-2011, 02:28 PM

It's a birth canal.

Gravdigr · 10-31-2011, 02:30 PM

Yay me!

Gravdigr · 10-31-2011, 02:32 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt

So how did you find this storm surge barrier in Holland?

I googled "flood barrier". Third pic.

That was after searching every single combination of swing, curve lock, gate, floodgate, river lock, etc, etc, etc.

glatt · 10-31-2011, 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by infinite monkey

What's not a canal?

Why, I oughta...

It's a river! Just because some wikipedia editor thinks all straight bodies of water are canals doesn't make it so,

glatt · 10-31-2011, 02:35 PM

Is that McMurdo Station Antarctica?

Gravdigr · 10-31-2011, 02:36 PM

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Originally Posted by infinite monkey

Where be this?

Just guessing, McMurdo Station?

infinite monkey · 10-31-2011, 02:38 PM

Close...it's a station and in the antarctic.

Gravdigr · 10-31-2011, 02:39 PM

Just throwing gas here:

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The Nieuwe Waterweg, which opened in 1872 and has a length of approximately 10 km, was constructed to keep the city and port of Rotterdam accessible to seafaring vessels as the natural Meuse-Rhine branches silted up. The Waterway is a busy shipping route since it is the primary access to one of the busiest ports in the world, the Europoort of Rotterdam. At the entrance to the sea, a flood protection system called Maeslantkering has been installed (completed in 1997). There are no bridges or tunnels across the Nieuwe Waterweg.

infinite monkey · 10-31-2011, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt

Why, I oughta...

It's a river! Just because some wikipedia editor thinks all straight bodies of water are canals doesn't make it so,

True, it IS wiki.

glatt · 10-31-2011, 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Gravdigr

Just throwing gas here:

Ok, maybe it's a canal.

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10-31-2011, 02:19 PM	#227
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Good job Grav! Maeslantkering

10-31-2011, 02:21 PM	#228
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	So how did you find this storm surge barrier in Holland?

10-31-2011, 02:35 PM	#235
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Is that McMurdo Station Antarctica?

10-31-2011, 02:38 PM	#237
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	Close...it's a station and in the antarctic.

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