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flowed directly into the new bay. Many plans were made after this disaster to shut it off from the sea but none was ever put into effect. However, parts of it were
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was built part-way along the dike. Final enclosure and separation from the Wadden Sea took place on 25 May 1969; since then it has been called the
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a large gathering was organised to show the government that local people did not agree with the decision. On 10 June 1960
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piecemeal, slowly reducing it from a large two-forked estuary to the nearly square inlet seen on recent maps.
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482:See also
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