To the sea... 1920 / 2011 by efron_241

Photography • Landscape • posted on Jun 14, 2011

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Almost the same image as yesterday.. I just went a little bit further with the boat, so you can see the concrete dam-building in the distance, that makes it impossible to go into the sea with the boat now. They opened the new Canal to the sea "Verversingskanaal" (refreshing Canal, to get rid of dirthy canal water. This city is not near a river !! The Hague is a forest town) around 1890. The black and white photo shows the situation in 1920 The canal just went right into the sea.. that was before the age of plastic-pollution.. and before the super storm of 1953. the only reason that storm did not kill 2.000.000 or more !! people was the little doc build around 1890 It's large doors saved half the country.. but after that storm the country realised they had been extremely lucky.. so a dam-building was made.. water can (and does) get out by pomps.. plastic and rubble stays behind.. and... the sea stays out. Ships can no longer reach the sea.. fish can (and do !!) travel in and out through ingenious pipe systems.. I must admit I would have loved it to be able to boat into the sea.. but realise the fact that half the Netherlands are under sea level is a dangerous thing.