• Schielands Hoge Zeedijk, formerly called Hoogendijk ("high dike") is a Dutch dike in the province of South Holland that stretches from the Schie at Schiedam...
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    total damage is estimated at 1 billion Dutch guilders. The Schielands Hoge Zeedijk (Schielands High Seadyke) along the river Hollandse IJssel was all that...
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    second-largest castle in Holland. She ordered the construction of the Schielands Hoge Zeedijk, which today continues to protect 3 million inhabitants in a wide...
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    the construction of protective dikes and dams, including Schielands Hoge Zeedijk ("Schieland's High Sea Dike") along the northern banks of the present-day...
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    from the previous day: The Groenendijk, a section of the Schielands Hoge Zeedijk (Schielands High Seadyke) in the Netherlands, began to collapse. The...
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