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North Sea Canal

Index North Sea Canal

The North Sea Canal (Noordzeekanaal) is a Dutch ship canal from Amsterdam to the North Sea at IJmuiden, constructed between 1865 and 1876 to enable seafaring vessels to reach the port of Amsterdam. [1]

37 relations: A10 motorway (Netherlands), A22 motorway (Netherlands), A9 motorway (Netherlands), Amsterdam, Amsterdam Sloterdijk station, Amsterdam–Rhine Canal, Beverwijk, Beverwijk railway station, Driehuis railway station, Ferry, Groundwater, Halfweg, Houseboat, IJ (Amsterdam), IJgeul, IJmuiden, Jetty, Lock (water navigation), Mooring (watercraft), Netherlands, Nieuwendam, Noordhollandsch Kanaal, North Sea, Port, Ship canal, Spaarndam, Spaarne, Stelling van Amsterdam, Tunnel, Velsen, Water board (Netherlands), Westzaan, William III of the Netherlands, Zaan, Zaandam, Zaandam railway station, Zuiderzee.

A10 motorway (Netherlands)

The A10 motorway (Rijksweg 10) is a motorway in the Netherlands.

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A22 motorway (Netherlands)

The A22 motorway is a motorway in the Netherlands.

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A9 motorway (Netherlands)

The A9 motorway is a motorway in the Netherlands.

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Amsterdam

Amsterdam is the capital and most populous municipality of the Netherlands.

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Amsterdam Sloterdijk station

Amsterdam Sloterdijk is a major railway junction situated to the west of Amsterdam Centraal station.

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Amsterdam–Rhine Canal

The Amsterdam–Rhine Canal or Amsterdam-Rijnkanaal is a canal in the Netherlands that was built to connect the port city of Amsterdam to the main shipping artery of the Rhine.

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Beverwijk

Beverwijk is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland.

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Beverwijk railway station

Beverwijk railway station is located in Beverwijk, the Netherlands.

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Driehuis railway station

Driehuis railway station is located in Driehuis, the Netherlands.

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Ferry

A ferry is a merchant vessel used to carry passengers, and sometimes vehicles and cargo as well, across a body of water.

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Groundwater

Groundwater is the water present beneath Earth's surface in soil pore spaces and in the fractures of rock formations.

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Halfweg

Halfweg is a town in the Dutch province of North Holland.

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Houseboat

A houseboat (different from boathouse, which is a shed for storing boats) is a boat that has been designed or modified to be used primarily as a home.

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IJ (Amsterdam)

The IJ (pronounced; sometimes shown on old maps as Y or Ye) is a body of water, formerly a bay, in the Dutch province of North Holland.

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IJgeul

The IJgeul or IJ trench is a man-made excavation on the bottom of the North Sea, off the coast of IJmuiden, which provides access to large vessels with deep drafts to the port of IJmuiden, and also via the North Sea Canal, to the port of Amsterdam (just like the Eurogeul for the port of Rotterdam).

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IJmuiden

IJmuiden is a port city in the Dutch province of North Holland and is the main town in the municipality of Velsen.

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Jetty

A jetty is a structure that projects from the land out into water.

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Lock (water navigation)

A lock is a device used for raising and lowering boats, ships and other watercraft between stretches of water of different levels on river and canal waterways.

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Mooring (watercraft)

A mooring refers to any permanent structure to which a vessel may be secured.

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Netherlands

The Netherlands (Nederland), often referred to as Holland, is a country located mostly in Western Europe with a population of seventeen million.

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Nieuwendam

Nieuwendam (literal translation: "new dam") is a neighbourhood of Amsterdam, Netherlands, best known for its marina Dutch: jachthaven). A former village in the province of North Holland, Nieuwendam was a separate municipality until 1921, when it merged with Amsterdam, on the same time as Ransdorp. The municipality also covered the village of Zunderdorp. Nowadays, it is part of the Amsterdam-Noord borough. File:Jachthaven Nieuwendam.jpg|Marina of Nieuwendam File:Meerpad 9.JPG|The Meerpadkerkje, a small mennonite church (Rijksmonument) File:nieuwendam.gif|1867 map of the municipality of Nieuwendam File:Nieuwendammerdijk bij haven.jpg|Former seamen's houses near the marina.

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Noordhollandsch Kanaal

The Groot Noordhollandsch Kanaal ("Great North Holland Canal"), now known simply as Noordhollandsch Kanaal, is a canal in the Northwest Netherlands.

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North Sea

The North Sea (Mare Germanicum) is a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean located between Great Britain, Scandinavia, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, and France.

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Port

A port is a maritime commercial facility which may comprise one or more wharves where ships may dock to load and discharge passengers and cargo.

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Ship canal

A ship canal is a canal especially intended to accommodate ships used on the oceans, seas or lakes to which it is connected, as opposed to a barge canal intended to carry barges and other vessels specifically designed for river and/or canal navigation.

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Spaarndam

Spaarndam is a small village in the province of North Holland, the Netherlands, on the Spaarne river and the IJ lake.

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Spaarne

The Spaarne is a river, in North Holland, Netherlands.

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Stelling van Amsterdam

The UNESCO World Heritage Site known as the Defence Line of Amsterdam (in Dutch named Stelling van Amsterdam) is a 135 km long ring of fortifications around Amsterdam, consisting of 42 forts located between 10 and 15 kilometers from the centre, and lowlands that can easily be flooded in time of war.

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Tunnel

A tunnel is an underground passageway, dug through the surrounding soil/earth/rock and enclosed except for entrance and exit, commonly at each end.

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Velsen

Velsen is a municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland.

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Water board (Netherlands)

Dutch water boards (waterschappen or hoogheemraadschappen) are regional government bodies charged with managing water barriers, waterways, water levels, water quality and sewage treatment in their respective regions.

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Westzaan

Westzaan is a town in the Dutch province of North Holland.

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William III of the Netherlands

William III (Dutch: Willem Alexander Paul Frederik Lodewijk; English: William Alexander Paul Frederick Louis; 19 February 1817 – 23 November 1890) was King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg from 1849 until his death in 1890.

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Zaan

The Zaan is a small river in the province of North Holland in the northwestern Netherlands and the name of a district through which it runs.

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Zaandam

Zaandam is a city in the province of North Holland, Netherlands.

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Zaandam railway station

Zaandam is the main railway station of Zaandam, near Amsterdam, Netherlands.

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Zuiderzee

The Zuiderzee (old spelling Zuyderzee) was a shallow bay of the North Sea in the northwest of the Netherlands, extending about 100 km (60 miles) inland and at most 50 km (30 miles) wide, with an overall depth of about 4 to 5 metres (13–16 feet) and a coastline of about 300 km (200 miles).

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Sea_Canal

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