The Delta Works is a series of construction projects in the southwest Netherlands built to protect a large area of land around the Rhine Meuse Scheldt delta from the sea. Built between 1954 and 1997 across the provinces of South Holland and Zeeland, the system consists of dams, sluices, locks, dykes, levees and storm surge barriers.
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SignificanceAlong with the Zuiderzee Works, the Delta Works have been declared one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World by the American Society of Civil Engineers. 1 Sources
1. Delta Works (Wikipedia)
Wikipedialead section, first paragraph, construction-dates sentence
Constructed between 1954 and 1997, the works consist of dams, sluices, locks, dykes, levees, and storm surge barriers located in the provinces of South Holland and Zeeland.
lead section, second paragraph, sentence on ASCE Seven Wonders designation
Along with the Zuiderzee Works, the Delta Works have been declared one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World by the American Society of Civil Engineers.
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The Delta Works is a series of construction projects in the southwest Netherlands built to protect a large area of land around the Rhine Meuse Scheldt delta from the sea.
In Group: Flood Defence and Land Reclamation Works, Introduction
The Delta Works (Dutch: Deltawerken) is a series of construction projects in the southwest of the Netherlands to protect a large area of land around the Rhine-Meuse-Scheldt delta from the sea.
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