Pilot Polder Andijk information

Afsluitdijk

Amsterdam

Amsteldiepdijk (1924)

Friesland

Gelderland

Houtribdijk (1975)

IJsselmeer

Knardijk (1956)

Marken

Markermeer

North Holland

Noordoostpolder
(1942)

East Flevoland
(1957)

Overijssel

Pilot Polder Andijk (1927)

Schokland

Urk

Waddenzee

Wieringermeer
(1930)

Wieringen

South Flevoland
(1967)

Freshwater

Seawater

Land reclamation

Old land

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Zuiderzee works

The pilot Polder Andijk, or Test Polder Andijk, Proefpolder Andijk in Dutch, is a polder established in 1926 - 1927 in the Zuiderzee near the village of Andijk. The aim of this prototype is to study the embankments and agriculture for future polders in the Zuiderzee Works.^[1] In 1929, the pilot polder was inaugurated by Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands.

^ Hoeksema, R. J. (2006). Designed for dry feet: flood protection and land reclamation in the Netherlands. ASCE Publications. p. 70. ISBN 978-0-7844-0829-2.

[hoeksema2006-1] Hoeksema, R. J. (2006). Designed for dry feet: flood protection and land reclamation in the Netherlands. ASCE Publications. p. 70. ISBN 978-0-7844-0829-2.