Drainage: Quick Facts

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Spalding: Vernatt's Drain

A long, straight highway runs along the Afsluitdijk dam, dividing the IJsselmeer lake from the sea in the Netherlands, with water on both sides and a few cars on the road.

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Sir Cornelius Vermuyden

Dutch engineer

Lancisi, miniature by an unknown artist

Giovanni Maria Lancisi

Italian physician