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Maatschappij tot Uitvoering van Zuiderzeewerken

Construction organisation in the Netherlands

The Maatschappij tot Uitvoering van Zuiderzeewerken (MUZ) (English: Society for the Execution of the Zuiderzee Works) was a consortium of dredging contractors in the Netherlands, formed in August 1926 for the specific purpose of executing the Zuiderzee Works. The Zuiderzee Works comprised a number of significant hydraulic engineering projects designed to dam the Zuiderzee, a large shallow inlet of the North Sea, to prevent flooding and reclaim land for agricultural and residential use.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

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Funderingswerkzaamheden aan de Stevinsluizen te Den Oever, Bestanddeelnr 252-0819
Photo: Willem van de Poll, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons3

The Maatschappij tot Uitvoering van Zuiderzeewerken (MUZ) (English: Society for the Execution of the Zuiderzee Works) was a consortium of dredging contractors in the Netherlands, formed in August 1926 for the specific purpose of executing the Zuiderzee Works. The Zuiderzee Works comprised a number of significant hydraulic engineering projects designed to dam the Zuiderzee, a large shallow inlet of the North Sea, to prevent flooding and reclaim land for agricultural and residential use.2

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