The Boterdorpse Verlaat is a lock between the
River Rotte and
Strekvaart in
Bergse Plassen in the municipality of
Rotterdam
Rotterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Rotte'') is the second largest city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is in the province of South Holland, part of the North Sea mouth of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, via the ''"N ...
.
The fairway was formerly used by vessels carrying malt wastes from
Schiedam
Schiedam () is a city and municipality in the west of the Netherlands. It is located in the Rotterdam–The Hague metropolitan area, west of Rotterdam, east of Vlaardingen, and south of Delft. In the south the city is connected with the village ...
but nowadays is very rarely used even for pleasure.
The lock dates from 1740 and has the characteristic performance of locks from that period. The lock walls are not brick, but of wood. The construction is up, along with wooden yokes. A similar lock is the
Bleiswijkse Verlaat .
Behind the gate is a fixed bridge, whose height in the closed position is only a few centimeters above the polder level .
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Rijksmonuments in Rotterdam
Locks of the Netherlands