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    The Noordhollandsch Kanaal ("Great North Holland Canal") is a canal originally meant for ocean-going ships. It is located in North Holland, Netherlands...
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    Koopvaarders Lock in Den Helder, Netherlands connects the Noordhollandsch Kanaal to the Nieuwediep. There were 4 locks at Nieuwediep carrying this name...
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    which was sold on the markets of Purmerend. From 1819 till 1824 the Noordhollandsch Kanaal was constructed. It was dug along existing waterways like the Oude...
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    Helder, which protected the naval base and the entrance to the Noordhollandsch Kanaal significantly altered the landscape around Den Helder. A number...
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    Netherlands, a name for that design of bridge was scholle. The Noordhollandsch Kanaal in North Holland was constructed 1820-1824. Many vlotbruggen were...
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    Alkmaar has two railway stations: Alkmaar Alkmaar Noord The waterway Noordhollandsch Kanaal, which opened in 1824, runs through Alkmaar. As of 2017[update]...
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  • (pronunciation) is a district of Purmerend in the Netherlands, west of the Noordhollandsch Kanaal (North Holland Canal) across from the De Gors district. Its 14,451...
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    area that now forms Amsterdam-Noord has been intersected by the Noordhollandsch Kanaal since its competition in 1824, which on the south side via the Willemssluizen...
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    railway Station Amsterdam Centraal. The lock is on the IJ-end of the Noordhollandsch Kanaal, the other end is near Den Helder, where the Wadden Sea and North...
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    of about 10 in 2001. Boekel is located on the west bank of the Noordhollandsch Kanaal. According to the 19th-century historian A.J. van der Aa, a castle...
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    the opening of the Noordhollandsch Kanaal, the size of ocean-going ships continued to increase. Slowly the Noordhollandsch Kanaal became unsuitable for...
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    kilometres (four miles) north of Amsterdam, on the east bank of the Noordhollandsch Kanaal. The village was first mentioned in 1343 as "van waterganghe", and...
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    But after the failure of that project[clarification needed], the Noordhollandsch Kanaal was dug. In the early 19th century, French engineer Mathurin-François...
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    village is named after a floating bridge ("vlotbrug" in Dutch) in the Noordhollandsch Kanaal. The bridge is still in operation. There is a little Mennonite church...
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    the Rekere (or Recker), a tidal stream that ran about where the Noordhollandsch Kanaal is now located. The village of Vronen was completely abandoned in...
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    were accidentally discovered in 2004 during excavations along the Noordhollandsch Kanaal canal. His wind-powered sawmill used a crankshaft to convert a windmill's...
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    demolished in 1987. The hamlet was founded by the diggers of the nearby Noordhollandsch Kanaal in the early 19th century. Its name, "Blue Cabin", refers to the...
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    Buikslotermeer in 1627. This reclaimed land became part of the Noordhollandsch Kanaal in 1824. Throughout the 16th century, Buiksloot experienced multiple...
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    which were poldered between 1596 and 1597. The construction of the Noordhollandsch Kanaal between 1821 and 1824, resulted in a modest growth. 't Zand developed...
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    connection to the sea. The situation improved by the construction of the Noordhollandsch Kanaal, completed in 1824. It soon turned out that by itself, the canal...
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    became the naval base Willemsoord. Due to the construction of the Noordhollandsch Kanaal, Den Helder also became the access to the port of Amsterdam. Soon...
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    Friesland Canal Committee set out to plan a canal from Schagen to the Noordhollandsch Kanaal at De Stolpen. Berman argued for a longer trajectory to Kolhorn...
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  • pasture. The western part of the ring ditch became part of the Noordhollandsch Kanaal (Great North Holland Canal) in 1824. A year after, in 1825, the...
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    The Voorne Canal (Also "Canal through Voorne", In Dutch: Kanaal door Voorne or Voornse kanaal) is a former ship canal on Voorne-Putten in South Holland...
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    the Amsterdam municipality was that for a towing service on the Noordhollandsch Kanaal. Thomas Zurmühlen and Diederik Liedermooy wanted to build and operate...
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  • Buiksloterdijk (a dyke), in the east by the Noorderpark and the Noordhollandsch Kanaal, in the west by the Klaprozenweg (Poppies Road) and in the south...
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    economy by improving land- and waterways. One of these was the Noordhollandsch Kanaal, which was dug from Amsterdam to Nieuwediep (Den Helder) between...
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    in Amsterdam. The length would be limited to that allowed by the Noordhollandsch Kanaal, but otherwise it would be able to leave the shipyard over the Zuiderzee...
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    roadstead in its wake. This was followed by the opening of the Noordhollandsch Kanaal in 1824, bypassing Texel to some extent, and the introduction of...
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    unloading to smaller ships, that could reach Amsterdam via the Noordhollandsch Kanaal. Passengers, mail and some freight that required fast service could...
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