Jakarta Flood Canal

Flood Canals ("Kanal Banjir") in the map of rivers and canals of Jakarta (2012)

The Jakarta Flood Canal (Indonesian: Kanal Banjir Jakarta) refers to two canals that divert floods from rivers around Jakarta instead of going through the city. This first flood control channel was designed by Hendrik van Breen, an engineer working for the Dutch East Indian Department van Burgelijke Openbare Werken (BOW—lit. Department of Public Civil Works, currently the Ministry of Public Works), after a big flood hit the city on 13 February 1918.[1]

  1. ^ "Houdt U gereed!" [Brace yourself!]. Het nieuws van den dag voor Nederlandsch-Indië (in Dutch). Batavia. 6 February 1919. p. 1. Retrieved 5 October 2015.