Belgium and Holland 2010 / storm_surge_barrier_outside_Rotterdam

1/3/2011

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Storm_surge_barrier_outside_Rotterdam. The real thing..... and this sooooo does not
give you the sense of scale. Each of the two sets of trusses is the height of the Eiffel Tower
laid on its side. The far end here is the ball joint on which the entire thing pivots to swing
the gates out into the channel where they meet and then drop to the bottom.