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 | | One of the most ardent proponents was Cornelis Lely, an engineer by profession and later government minister, whose 1891 plan would form the basis for what were to become the Zuiderzee Works. |
 | | Original plans for the works date back to the seventeenth century, but it was not until 1913, when Cornelis Lely became minister of transport, that official planning started. |
 | | Two were built for the Wieringermeer, the Leemans, a diesel powered station, near Den Oever and the Lely, an electrically powered one, near Medemblik. |
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