Everything about Cornelis Lely totally explained
Cornelis Lely (
September 23 1854,
Amsterdam -
January 22 1929,
The Hague (External Link
)) was a
Dutch civil
engineer and statesman. He was the figure responsible for the
Zuiderzee Works, which meant the enclosure of the
Zuiderzee by means of the
Afsluitdijk, and subsequently draining parts of it into
polders. All this was the result of a combination of his technical knowledge and administrative power.
From 1886 to
1891, he led the technical research team that explored the possibility of enclosing the
Zuiderzee, which was approved by a State Commission. Lely was Minister of Transport and Water three times (
1891-
1894,
1897-
1901, and
1913-
1918) and exerted large influence in this function towards the implementation of his own plans. His plans were finally approved and executed after severe floodings along the Zuiderzee in 1916.
Remembrance
The city
Lelystad, in the
polder Eastern Flevoland and capital of the Province of
Flevoland, was named after him.
In the city of
Amsterdam a major road is named "Cornelis Lelylaan" after him, and one of the main railway stations "Station Lelylaan" is on this road.
In
Suriname the village Kofi-Djompo was renamed after Lely, who was Governor of Suriname from
1902-
1905 and constructed a new
railway from Paramaribo that ran through Lelydorp. Most of the railway has gone, but Lelydorp survived and is now the capital of the district
Wanica. It lies on the road from Paramaribo to Johan Adolf Pengel Airport (formerly known as Zanderij).
A
statue of Lely stands on the western point of the
Afsluitdijk. It was sculpted by
Mari Andriessen and dedicated on
September 23,
1954. A replica of this statue stands in the center of Lelystad, on a 35
meter high tower of
basalt blocks, designed by
Hans van Houwelingen. In Lelystad's city hall is a statue of Lely made by
Piet Esser.
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