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De Hooge Vuursche Castle
De Hooge Vuursche Castle
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Lock at Cothen
Lock at Cothen
The water board uses the dam in the Kromme Rijn in Cothen to regulate the flow of water to and from Utrecht. The monumental lock alongside it (from 1865) was used during wartime to move ships past the dam. When the Waterline needed to be flooded, the commander of the inundation station at Wijk bij Duurstede first gave the order to raise the water level in the Kromme Rijn by closing off the lock with stop logs. Next, he ordered the stop logs to be removed so that a large body of water could flow from the open lock to Utrecht.
3945BN Cothen -
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TOP Groot Zandbrink
TOP Groot Zandbrink
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Windmill Windhond
Windmill Windhond
3447 GR Woerden -
Dutch Water Defence Lines
Dutch Water Defence Lines
De Hollandse Waterlinies
Utrecht -
UIT in IJsselstein I Tourist Info
UIT in IJsselstein I Tourist Info
3401 BK IJsselstein -
Windmill Windotter
Windmill Windotter
3401DR IJsselstein -
Plofsluis
Plofsluis
The Plofsluis consists of five concrete bins with a relatively weak floor that span the Amsterdam-Rhine Canal. The bins could store around 40,000 tonnes of sand, gravel or debris. In wartime, the floor could be blow up, so that its contents would drop into the Amsterdam-Rhine Canal. This would block the canal and prevent the inundation water from flowing out. The lock was designed in such a way that its sides would remain upright after the explosion, so that the floor could be reconstructed and the sluice could be used again. It was never actually used.
3439 LS Nieuwegein -
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Museum Castle Amerongen
Museum Castle Amerongen
Drostestraat 20
3958 BK Amerongen -
Fort Maarsseveen
Fort Maarsseveen
Herenweg 2
3602 AM Maarssen -
Fort Abcoude
Fort Abcoude
1391 CG Abcoude -
Windmill Ter Leede
Windmill Ter Leede
Provinciale weg 2
4142 LD Leerdam -
TOP Lexmond
TOP Lexmond
4128 BN Lexmond -
Museum Bunker Leusden
Museum Bunker Leusden
3831 RZ Leusden -
City park Griftpark
City park Griftpark
3572 KC Utrecht -
Fort Hinderdam
Fort Hinderdam
Hinderdam 7
1394 JB Nederhorst den Berg -
Air Base Park Soesterberg
Air Base Park Soesterberg
3768 MX Soest -
Pyramid of Austerlitz
Pyramid of Austerlitz
3931 MG Woudenberg -
Tabaksschuur Amerongen
Tabaksschuur Amerongen
3958 ET Amerongen -
Visitor Centre De Boswerf
Visitor Centre De Boswerf
3708 BR Zeist -
Wiel van Bassa
Wiel van Bassa
Diefdijk -
Fort Hoofdijk
Fort Hoofdijk
3584 HD Utrecht -
Fort de Batterijen
Fort de Batterijen
Overeindseweg 25
3439LP Nieuwegein -
Goejanverwelle lock
Goejanverwelle lock
The Goejanverwelle lock and the Enkele Wiericke lock on the Hollandse Ijssel played a key role in the Disaster Year. Together with the lock at Nieuwerbrug on the Oude Rijn, they formed the inlet to the Langeweide polder, which was the narrowest section of the Waterline. The locks were opened on 17 June 1672 – just in time to halt the advance of the French, who had already captured Oudewater and marched right up to the edge of the hastily flooded Waterline. With great promptitude, the commander of the garrison at Goejanverwelle, the Count of Horn, gave the order to raise sconces and fortifications to defend the locks. For the moment, the Waterline was safe!
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