The canal near Velsen

Map showing the canal.

Satellite photo

The North Sea Canal or Noordzeekanaal is a Dutch ship canal from Amsterdam to the North Sea at IJmuiden, constructed between 1865 and 1876 to enable seafaring vessels to reach the port of Amsterdam. It ends at Amsterdam in the closed-off IJ bay, which in turn connects to the Amsterdam-Rhine Canal. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (2023x600, 787 KB) Taken by Gerard Hogervorst --Gmhogervorst 19:20, 3 May 2005 (UTC) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): North Sea Canal ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (2023x600, 787 KB) Taken by Gerard Hogervorst --Gmhogervorst 19:20, 3 May 2005 (UTC) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): North Sea Canal ... Image File history File links Location_Noordzeekanaal. ... Image File history File links Location_Noordzeekanaal. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1280x958, 175 KB) NASA World Wind screenshot. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1280x958, 175 KB) NASA World Wind screenshot. ... A ship canal is a canal especially constructed to carry ocean-going ships, as opposed to barges. ... Nickname: Motto: Heldhaftig, Vastberaden, Barmhartig (Valiant, Determined, Compassionate) Location of Amsterdam Coordinates: , Country Netherlands Province North Holland Government  - Mayor Job Cohen (PvdA)  - Aldermen Lodewijk Asscher Hennah Buyne Carolien Gehrels Tjeerd Herrema Maarten van Poelgeest Marijke Vos  - Secretary Erik Gerritsen Area [1][2]  - City 219 km²  (84. ... The North Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean, located between the coasts of Norway and Denmark in the east, the coast of the British Isles in the west, and the German, Dutch, Belgian and French coasts in the south. ... Velsen (population: 67,642 in 2004) is a municipality in the north-western Netherlands, in the province of North Holland, on both sides of the North Sea Canal. ... 1865 (MDCCCLXV) is a common year starting on Sunday. ... 1876 (MDCCCLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Seaport, a painting by Claude Lorrain, 1638 The Port of Wellington at night. ... Satellite image of Amsterdam and surroundings showing whats left of the IJ, its polders, and the North Sea Canal. ... In geography, a bay or gulf is a collection of water that is surrounded by land on three sides. ... The Amsterdam-Rhine Canal or Amsterdam-Rijnkanaal is a canal in the Netherlands that was built to connect the port city of Amsterdam to the main shipping artery of the Rhine. ...

Together there are the following connections:

Railroad tunnels (with nearest train station on the south and north bank): An underground pedestrian tunnel between buildings at MIT. Note the utility pipes running along the ceiling. ...

• between Amsterdam Sloterdijk and Zaandam
• between Driehuis and Beverwijk

Road tunnels, from east to west: Nickname: Motto: Heldhaftig, Vastberaden, Barmhartig (Valiant, Determined, Compassionate) Location of Amsterdam Coordinates: , Country Netherlands Province North Holland Government  - Mayor Job Cohen (PvdA)  - Aldermen Lodewijk Asscher Hennah Buyne Carolien Gehrels Tjeerd Herrema Maarten van Poelgeest Marijke Vos  - Secretary Erik Gerritsen Area [1][2]  - City 219 km²  (84. ... Zaandam () is a town in the Dutch province of North Holland. ... Velsen (population: 67,642 in 2004) is a municipality in the north-western Netherlands, in the province of North Holland, on both sides of the North Sea Canal. ... Beverwijk (population: 36,995 in 2004) is a municipality and a town in the north-western Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. ...

• Zeeburger Tunnel and Zeeburger Bridge
• Zuiderzeeweg
• IJ Tunnel
• Coen Tunnel
• Wijker Tunnel (part of the A9 motorway)
• Velser Tunnel

Several ferries. In Amsterdam there are several across the IJ; at least one is frequent, operating 24 hours a day, free of charge. The A9 motorway is a motorway in The Netherlands The A9 motorway starts off by going from the A1 at Diemen to the A2 at junction Holendrecht (on the Gaasperdammerweg). Here one drives approximately two kilometers south by means of the combined A9/A2 before the A9 heads off to... The Pride of Burgundy, a P&O Ferries car ferry on the Dover-Calais route A ferry is a boat or a ship carrying passengers, and possibly their vehicles, on a relatively short-distance, regularly-scheduled service. ...

There are four locks, of various sizes at the North Sea mouth of the canal.^[1]

References

1. ^ Letter, from an official, in response to a query on the lock dimensions.

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