Background information: Dike cuts are openings in dikes, usually finished with a stone or concrete retaining wall at each end of the dike. The function of the dike denomination is to allow a road or railway line to cross the dike without the road or railway line encounterin…
Background information: Dike cuts are openings in dikes, usually finished with a stone or concrete retaining wall at each end of the dike. The function of the dike denomination is to allow a road or railway line to cross the dike without the road or railway line encounterin…
Background information: Bulkhead houses provide shelter for the beams with which a dike denomination can be closed. The usually wooden houses must ensure that the beams can be dry and well ventilated for most of the year. For this reason, the shot beam houses are preferabl…
Background information: The railway bridge over the Blauwhoefseloop is one of the smallest. A so-called culvert with a nice diameter could have done almost the same job, but the bridge has the advantage that small mammals can pass under the bridge along the bank of the stre…
Background information: The railway line between Oisterwijk and Boxtel, in North Brabant, crosses, among other things, a brook that is approximately 10 kilometers long and a maximum of two meters wide called Rosep. The current concrete bridge was built in 1995 and, like its p…
Background information: A squeeze weir is a simple weir without movable parts, which is regularly used in ditches and streams. Pushing up the water has several functions. As: - Store water in wet periods to better withstand dry periods. - Raise the groundwater level in the…
Background information: An adjustable weir is a simple weir with one movable valve, which is regularly used in ditches and streams. Pushing up the water has several functions. Such as: - Store water in wet periods to better withstand dry periods. - Raise the groundwater …
Background information: A wide adjustable weir is a simple weir with one movable flap, which is regularly used in ditches, small canals and streams. Pushing up the water has several functions. Such as: - Store water in wet periods to better withstand dry periods. - Raise…
Background information: Wooden retaining walls are used in various situations. For example, to reinforce a slope at a location where, usually flowing, water would otherwise erode the slope. But a wooden retaining wall can also be used in places where the slope would otherwise …
Background information: The name seems to contradict itself a bit, because a Vliet is a watercourse where ebb and flow occur, which does not often occur in situations within the dike. But it does say something about the history of this area near Hooge Zwaluwe. This bridge was p…