Pieter Blokland

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Pieter Blokland (* 1920 ; † 1976 ) was a Dutch civil engineer.

Blokland was the head of the locks and barrages department of the Rijkswaterstraat (Dutch hydraulic engineering administration) in the 1950s. Under his direction, the Haringvlietdam barrage (in use since 1970) of the Delta Plan was designed and built.

In 1975 he received the Emil Mörsch Memorial Medal .

literature

  • Gerard Alberts, Bas van Vlijmen: Computerpioniers: het begin van het computertijdperk in Nederland, Amsterdam University Press 2017, p. 204, google books
personal data
SURNAME Blokland, Pieter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch civil engineer
DATE OF BIRTH 1920
DATE OF DEATH 1976