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When the Brielse Maas silted up in the late nineteenth century, the Nieuwe WaterwegSatellite image of the northwest part of the Rhine- Meuse delta showing the Nieuwe Waterweg (t)The Nieuwe Waterweg ("New Waterway") is a ship canal in the Netherlands from het Scheur (a branch of the Rhine- Meuse delta) west of the town of Maassluis to th ship canalA ship canal is a canal especially constructed to carry ocean-going ships, as opposed to barges. Ship canals can be enlarged barge canals, canalised or channelized rivers, or canals especially constructed from the start to accommodate ships. For a canal t was constructed ( 1872Events January 2 Brigham Young, is arrested for bigamy (25 wives). February 20 In New York City the Metropolitan Museum of Art opens. March 1 Yellowstone National Park is established as the world's first national park March 5 George Westinghouse patents t) and het Scheur was separated from the Brielse Maas by a damA dam (a common Teutonic word, compare to Dutch dam Swedish and German damm and the Gothic verb faurdammjan to block up) is a barrier across flowing water that obstructs, directs or retards the flow, often creating a reservoir, lake or impoundment. Most d. As part of the Delta WorksOosterscheldedam In 1953 a break in the dikes and seawalls in the Netherlands killed 1,835 people and forced the evacuation of 70,000 more. Ten thousand animals drowned, and 4,500 buildings were destroyed. To prevent such a tragedy from happening again, a sea barrier constructions, the Brielse Maas was closed off at both ends, becoming the Brielse Meer.