The photo isn't photoshopped, but the perspective is a bit misleading. Still, it's a remarkable construction that allows floodwalls to the raised or removed as needed:
Via the Interestingasfuck subreddit, where there are links to other photos and some relevant discussion.
There is kind of the same construction in Bunschoten-Spakenburg, a village at the North of Amersfoort, with the difference that the flood-wall is usually sinked into the ground. It will be pushed upwards by the water itself when it is rising above dangerous levels.
ReplyDeletewww.ad.nl/amersfoort/waterkering-spakenburg-succesvol-getest
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HteMV4syzk&ab
Wow. Leave it to the Dutch to come up with a water engineering solution. Interesting.
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