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recognizable by the paved sections of the dike between the asphalted road sections after the dike reinforcements. Waiting for all the water to be drained through the de-inundation lock would take too long. Sheet pile walls have been installed in the dike to prevent the holes from wearing too far. They are covered with concrete beams, visible on the outside of the dike.
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flowing water that rapidly washes away the ground on the inside of the dike to great depths. Depths of 20 meters are not uncommon. Even after almost three centuries, the Wheels still bear witness to the calamity of drowned people and animals and the loss of homes and possessions, with all its consequences. The dike residents were generally not very wealthy.
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A separate book could be written about the phenomenon of dike breaches in the entire
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The history of the Dalem lock dates back to 1284 when the Lords of the Vijf
Heerenlanden decided to build a dike ring around their area (the Diefdijk) and also to have the option to drain the excess water through an outlet lock at Dalem. As was customary at the time, this lock would be entirely made
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r (dutch: Maas Rivier) fail. After a flood, this water can be drained again into the lower course of the river through excavations of the overflow areas and through the Dalem de-inundation lock. It is also possible to excavate three dike sections at Dalem to accelerate the drainage of water. This is
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In 1254, Floris van Dalem was enfeoffed with the lordship of Dalem by Jan van der Leede and Hugo van Arkel. In 1423, his descendant Lord Floris van Dalem sold the lordships of Dalem, Schuvenoord, and Staden for 2260 crowns to the
Gelderland Duke Arnoud. From him, the ownership passed to Charles of
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The natural location of Dalem, in the lowest part of the
Tielerwaard, has regularly caused flooding over the centuries. Together with the entire Betuwe region, the Tielerwaard served as a water catchment area during times of extremely high water, protecting the even lower-lying
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and stayed at the (old) Doelen (Molenstraat). When he visited the threatened areas and was on the
Dalemsedijk with his carriage, a part of the dike broke. The king had to be taken away by boat. When the formwork collapsed on the Kortendijk on January 30, the water from the
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of wood. The first stone for the lock in its approximately current form was laid in 1661. Dike construction began in the 13th century, before which there were no dike breaches because there were no dikes.
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