This type of water intake works, together with other facilities, was intended to flood (inundate) land inside the dikes. Each section had a gate shaped like a quarter of a cylinder mounted on a horizontal axel which could be moved to a closed or open position, thereby allowing a controlled flow of water to reach the desired depth of flooding. There were in total 7 of these intakes built, varying in width from 2 to 12 openings.

“Our” intake works consists of 5 such openings and is + 32 meters wide.

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