The Great Buttress (Diest)

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To put it in context: northeast of Diest, at the 'Saspoort', there is an old weir structure known as the 'Great Buttress'. Just upstream of the Great Buttress, where the Zwarte Beek and the Demer come close together, is the overflow, the "Teerlings", which we have just passed. These constructions were part of the 19th-century defensive belt around Diest. Originally, they were used to supply the city ramparts with water and to be able to quickly flood the Webbekoms Broek in case of …Read more

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Source: Jan Rymenams

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