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Den Helder on the Zuiderzee - a major port and home to the Dutch Navy.

The Netherlands in relation to Great Britain, the Continent and the North Sea.

The estuaries of the three major rivers flowing into Zeeland.

The flat agricultural lands of Zeeland, where highly efficient and productive mechanised farming techniques are used.

Expansive low-level mud flats in Zeeland

Extensive tidal mud flats in Zeeland, stretching over wide expanses of the coast.

50 A.D. - The Netherlands before Deltawerken - the brown areas represent swamps and rivers.

Havens van Rotterdam and the three peninsulas of Zeeland, viewed from the north.

The Zeeland area of the Netherlands.

1580 - New and highly exact description of the islands of Zeeland before the Deltawerken.

The estuaries of the three major rivers flowing into Zeeland.

1931 - Closing the gap of enclosing dam at the "Middelgronden".

1931 - Infra-red photograph of the enclosing dam, in the forefront the Wieringermeerpolder.

1932 - Enclosing dam seen in the direction of Friesland. A monument has been erected on the spot where the dam was closed on May 20th.

1956 - View of the gap in the dyke a few minutes before construction was completed and the gap closed.

Construction of northwestern dyke of the polder Eastern Flevoland.

A map of the Deltawerken in Zeeland, south west Netherlands

The Dutch port of Rotterdam on the border of the Delatwerken.

Pumping station "Lely" in the Wieringer-meer polder with effluent canals.

Emmeloord, the principal town in the Noordoostpolder.

Trischendamm, one of the many dykes that protect reclaimed land.

Farms in the "Noordoostpolder".

Interior of diesel - operated pumping station "Wortman".