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Sun, 11 Nov 2007 at 11:46 • Filed under Asides, Holland

The one that impresses me most, among Holland’s amazing flood defense systems, is the Maeslant barrier. Simple and innovative in design, it unleashes the power of hydraulics to resist about 350MN during a storm—like the one we had yesterday.

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