Locks in IJmuiden
On behalf of the Amsterdam Canal Company (A.K.M.), the North Sea Canal was dug between 1865 and 1876 according to W.A. Mr. Froger, in collaboration with J.G. Hunter. Since then, the channel has been deepened and widened five times. The first locks, the Oude or Zuidersluizen (18 meters wide), date from 1868-'76. In the northern part of the Netherlan...
