Amsterdammed!
On this day in (engineering) history… Construction of the Afsluitdijk is completed, Netherlands, May 28, 1932 Your country is in constant danger of flooding and when, during one dreadful night, your coastline is devastated by a huge storm - ships wrecked, homes destroyed, and people killed - what do you do to stop it happening again? Build Europe’s longest dam, the Afsluitdijk. A satellite photo of the Afsluitdijk, The Netherlands, 30 June 2018. The Afsluitdijk changed the Zuiderzee into the IJsselmeer. To the north of the Afsluitdijk is the Wadden Sea, to the south is the Ijsselmeer. Source: Wikimedia Commons The issue The Netherlands is referred to as one of the Low Countries for a reason. Mostly flat, with the currents, tides and winds of the North Sea battering the coast,…