Westerdok

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Westerdok (Western Dock) is a former wet dock in Amsterdam. It was created in 1830–1834 by constructing the Westerdoksdam and Westerdoksluis, forming a reliable deep port closed off from the tidal IJ. It lost its function in 1876 when the North Sea Canal was opened. About half of it has since been filled up. The construction of the wet dock Westerdok came about by the gradual silting up of the harbor of Amsterdam. For this background and the plans to build the Westerdok, see Oosterdok. The Westerdoksdam was a 2,010 m long dyke constructed through the IJ from the west bank of the Haarlemmersluis in the Martelaarsgracht to the Spaarndammerdijk. By July 1831, this dyke around the dock gave cover to ships lying in the proposed wet dock, but was far from complete. By July 1834 the dyke was almost finished, an openinghad been left to allow shipping till the Westerdok Lock was completed. The foundation of the Westerdok Lock (Westerdoksluis) were started in 1830.