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No Skyscrapers A'dam

Author:Marcus Mauller
Posted:5/21/2000; 1:19:28 PM
Topic:No Skyscrapers A'dam
Msg #:17396
Prev/Next:17395 / 17397

There's a saying in Holland - "God Made the Earth, and the Dutch made Holland". Amsterdam was built on the delta where the river meets the sea. (an excellent port location) - but it's swampy - so they drive piles into the ground and build on those - so you can't have anything too tall and heavy, otherwise you'd have sinkage. If you ever need experts in water engineering - just ask the Dutch. If the icecaps keep melting, they're going to be the world class experts in saving coastline properties.




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