Delta Works

Algerakering

Antwerp

Bathse spuisluis

Brouwersdam

Fresh water

Grevelingendam

Hartelkering

Haringvliet

Haringvliet Bridge

Haringvlietdam

Hellegatsdam

Maeslantkering

Markiezaatskade

North Sea

Oesterdam

Oosterschelde

Oosterscheldekering

Philipsdam

Rotterdam

Scheldt Rhine Canal

Veerse Gatdam

Volkerakdam

Seawater

Western Scheldt

Zandkreekdam

Zeeland Bridge

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Delta Works

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. 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.

The aim of the dams, sluices, and storm surge barriers was to shorten the Dutch coastline, thus reducing the number of dikes that had to be raised. 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.