Double-turn lock (Est. 1791) - Sas van Dirksland (Dirksland/NL)

A very nice monument with an important role in travel history.

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Dirksland - Sas van Dirksland

Sas van Dirksland - a national monument located between Dirksland and the Haringvliet, an open connection with the North Sea for the construction of the Delta Works. The double-turn lock from 1791 was designed and built by Teunis Blanken Jansz, the brother of engineer Jan Blanken, architect of the dry dock in Hellevoetsluis. Until the seventies of the twentieth century, this lock served as a reversing, safety and discharge sluice. After the Delta Works removed the tides, the Sas became superfluous for shipping traffic that also ceased around 1975 with the construction of the permanent river crossings of the Delta Works.

From this harbor the ferry sailed to Hellevoetsluis and other places on the other side of the Haringvliet. In earlier times people traveled via Flakkee to France, mainly merchants and ushers. On the old route from Amsterdam or The Hague to the south, one had to cross the Maas at Maassluis to the island of Rozenburg, from there to Voorne and Putten and from Hellevoetsluis cross the Haringvliet to the Dirkslandse Sas. From Flakkee the journey continued via the Galatees lock at Ooltgensplaat over the Volkerak to Brabant. A long journey on horseback or by carriage.

Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirksland.

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Photo - Richard Poppelaars.
© About Pixels Photography: #AboutPixels in #SasvanDirksland #Sas #Dirksland #Netherlands / #monument #lock

Taken in: Holland / South Holland / Onwaard (show map)

Taken on: December 10, 2005

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