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Schalmdijk Barrier
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Location: Renswoude, Utrecht, Netherlands
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December 22, 2021
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This article was last updated on Thursday, July 23, 2009
Type description: 1 meter thick reinforced concrete block, buried in the road and provided with 1 or …
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You are standing here at a renovated tank barrier. This chariot obstacle was to prevent (German) armored vehicles and tanks from passing the inundations over the high Schalmdijk. The blockade was part of a series of measures taken in the Grebbe line near Renswoude to close off the roads to the west. Because it remained uncertain for a long time whether the area on both sides of the road could be flooded, the Dutch army had tank ditches dug that formed an almost continuous obstacle against vehicles.
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Location: Renswoude, Utrecht, Netherlands