Pieter Caland
Pieter Caland (born July 23, 1826 in Zierikzee , † July 12, 1902 in Wageningen ) was a Dutch engineer . From 1866 to 1872, he was in charge of the design and execution of the Nieuwe Waterweg , the artificial arm of the Rhine that runs from Rotterdam through the port into the North Sea , for the national waterways and shipping authority Rijkswaterstaat .
The visionary project did not go without problems and setbacks. A section of the canal had to be dug through a wide row of dunes . Complex measures had to be taken to prevent the fairway from filling up with mud again. These and other unexpected overspending led to a significant overrun of the budget, for which Caland was heavily criticized.
The rise of the port of Rotterdam to become the largest seaport in the world paid for its construction in full decades later.
A canal and a bridge in the harbor (near Rozenburg ) and a line on the Rotterdam Metro are named after Caland. The Caland Monument, which was erected in 1906 in Rotterdam on what was then Van Hogendorpsplein, in Dutch Calandmonument, was transferred to the Rotterdam Veerkade in 1938.
His grave is in the Dutch cemetery Oud Eik en Duinen in The Hague .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Caland, Pieter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch engineer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 23, 1826 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zierikzee |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 12, 1902 |
| Place of death | Wageningen |