The earth and its inhabitants The earth and its inhabitants .. earthitsinhabita386recl Year: 1883 468 THE NETHERLANDS. drainage of tlie Haarlemer Meer (Fig. 261). That mere had been for centuries a source of danger to the surrounding country. It covered 45,230 acres. The first steam-engine was erected in 1842, and in the course of thirty-nine months, aided by two other engines, it pumped out 32,668 million cubic feet of water. The Fig. 263.—The Proposed Drainage of the Zuider Zee. Scale 1 : 710,000. mm Banks whieh uncover. 10 Miles. drainage of the mere cost £960,000 ; the land reclaimed
The earth and its inhabitants The earth and its inhabitants .. earthitsinhabita386recl Year: 1883 468 THE NETHERLANDS. drainage of tlie Haarlemer Meer (Fig. 261). That mere had been for centuries a source of danger to the surrounding country. It covered 45,230 acres. The first steam-engine was erected in 1842, and in the course of thirty-nine months, aided by two other engines, it pumped out 32,668 million cubic feet of water. The Fig. 263.—The Proposed Drainage of the Zuider Zee. Scale 1 : 710,000. mm Banks whieh uncover. 10 Miles. drainage of the mere cost £960,000 ; the land reclaimed was sold for £800,000 ; but it now annually produces crops valued at £240,000. A beginning has been made to reclaim the icadden, or mud-banks, along the coast of Friesland. A dyke 6 miles long already joins the island of Ame- land to the mainland, and after the westerly currents shall have deposited a
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