BIG RECLAMATION SCHEME.
THE ZUYDER ZEE. By T«!egr»ph—Pre;." A?*ooio*!on~Cororrlsbi •' Tho Hague,' January 27. The Dutch Government's tchewo for reclaiming the JCuyder Zoo involves the reclaiming of 810 square mil"s and the conversion of o-57 square miles into a fresh water lake, at a cost of £ia.750,000. , The, work includes eighteen miles of concrete embankment, which will carry n_ double line of railways and a carriage road. It. is expected flint the land reclaimer! will Rive the Statu a rental of one and a quarter million pounds a year.
If will take !M years to carry out the entire, scheme, but is believed that a portion of the reclaimed area will be available for settlement in 17 years. The Siuyder Zee is about 85 mi)"* loner, and fro;n 10 to « mites broad. With the r-x-Mption of Griend and Scliokland, the islands of ■ the. Znyder Is"e are inhabited bv siD-nll fishing communities. Several of thi .islands were once the property, of religious houses on the mainland.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1970, 29 January 1914, Page 5
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164BIG RECLAMATION SCHEME. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1970, 29 January 1914, Page 5
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