Works in The Period 1878-1905
In 1872 the idea of the Rupel Neteline as defence line was proposed with the around lying polders as defence by inundation. However the means to proceed directly with the construction were lacking. From 1878 construction of the three forts in Walem, Lier and (from 1882) Steendorp was started. The construction of Fort Schoten was started in 1885. In 1886 the redoubt Duffel was built to defend the railway line Antwerp-Brussels. Three more redoubts (Oorderen, Berendrecht and Kapellen) were built to respectively defend the inundatable polders and the dykes and the railway line to the Netherlands. Finally in this period (through the Act of 1902) construction of the forts Sint Katelijne Waver and Stabroek was started. These were not even fully completed and armed in 1914.
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