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The city of Rotterdam
Posted by HanNel (Hans van Dongen) on June 9th, 2010 | 14 comments | 1615 views
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This blog tells you something about the city Rotterdam by the river the Meuse, some harbourviews and bridges.
I will show you photo's of Rotterdam of the year 2009 and 2010.
Also i will show old history of Rotterdam. This photo's I found on the internet and are not made by myself.
I try to show you old and new together.
The first items I show you is the flag and coat of arms of the city Rotterdam
Rotterdam a little story.
Rotterdam (pronounced /ˈrɒtərdæm/; Dutch [rɔtərˈdɑm] (help•info)) is a city and municipality in the Dutch province of South Holland, situated in the west of the Netherlands. The municipality is the second largest in the country, with a population of 603,425 as of March 2010. The greater Rotterdam area, best known as 'Rotterdam-Rijnmond'/'Rijnmond region' (Rijnmond is to be literally translated as "the Rhine's mouth", referring to Rotterdam's location at the end of the Rhine-delta and its economic position as Europe's main port) contains around 1.3 million people (by some standards it rather approaches 2 million inhabitants). It forms the southern part of the Randstad, thesixth-largest metropolitan area in Europe, with a population of 6.7 million.
The port of Rotterdam is the largest in Europe. From 1962 to 2004 it was the world's busiest port until surpassed by Shanghai. Rotterdam is on the banks of the river Nieuwe Maas ('New Meuse'), one of the channels in the delta formed by the Rhine and Meuserivers. The name Rotterdam derives from a dam in the Rotte river.
Two old maps are showing you the size of Rotterdam between the year 1600 and 1875.
DELFSHAVEN
Delfshaven is a borough of Rotterdam on the right bank of river Nieuwe Maas, in South Holland, the Netherlands. It was a separate municipalityuntil 1886.
The town of Delfshaven grew around the port of the city of Delft. Delft itself was not located on a major river, so in 1389 a harbour was created about 10 km (6 mi) due south of the city, to be able to receive seafaring vessels and avoid tolls being levied by the neighbouring and competing city of Rotterdam. This settlement was named Delfshaven ("Port of Delft").
In July 1620 the Pilgrim fathers left Delfshaven with the Speedwell. Since then, the town's Oude Kerk has also been known as the Pelgrimskerk, or in English, the "Pilgrim Fathers Church".
Fishing, shipbuilding and the distillery of jenever were the main sources of income. The Dutch East India Company had important wharfs and warehouses in Delfshaven, and one of the Dutch West India Company's most famous commanders, Piet Hein, was born here.
Delfshaven belonged to the city and municipality of Delft until 1811, when it became a separate municipality. Delfshaven was annexed to Rotterdam in 1886 at its own request. The current borough has some 73,000 inhabitants. Its small historic centre has been carefully preserved. This features modest local museums, a brewery and six or so dining and drinking facilities.
Delfshaven escaped the bombing of Rotterdam by the Luftwaffe on May 14, 1940. Later during the Second World War, the area around the Groot Visserijplein and other parts of the western city of Rotterdam were destroyed by an allied bombing, on March 31, 1943 [1].
The first old photo you see the old mill at the harbour.
The second shows you a new located mill at the same place.
A nice story is that I was making for my work the foundation for this new mill.
LEUVENHAVEN
Formerly Leuvehaven was a creek with little meaning. It was so shallow that only small vessels with a flat bottom could make use of it. In 1594 gave the states of Holland and West Friesland permission to the small creek Leuve (aka: Loewe Loeve or) to increase the Meuse. This meant that the small creek had to be deepened and straightened. Then the banks could be serviced. Work started in 1598. Lack of money, construction was halted in 1599 but in 1604 the work could be resumed. The dredging of the Leuvehaven done with a treadmill, a series powered by horses all dredging buckets get above water. When that was done, were the quay walls opgemetseld. The port was finished in 1608 or 1609. In the beginning there was talk of the New Haven, but it turned out the Leuvehaven still the best name. New ports are indeed continue, but the Leuvehaven dug is the oldest port in Rotterdam.
The first old one is an old overview after the war, the second is an old harbourview
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Two recent photo's of the Leuvenhaven.
Rotterdam oude haven en het Witte Huis.
Rotterdam old harbour and the white House.
The Old Port is the oldest port in the port of Rotterdam, located in the center of Rotterdam near Blaak Station Rotterdam Blaak at height. Under the Bridge by William Extended is an open connection to the Red Apple.
After the dam near the Rotte Hoogstraat remained south of the river on a stump with a connection to the Meuse, surrounded by marshland. The first jetty was here built around 1350. [1] Today it is a well known and busy nightlife area with bars and restaurants with terraces on the water close to the famous cube houses and Europe's first skyscraper to the White House and the adjacent Marine Museum. Hogeschool Rotterdam also has a branch nearby.
The Witte Huis or White House is a skyscraper in Rotterdam, Netherlands, inspired by American office buildings and built in 1898 in the Art Nouveau style. The building is 43 m (141 ft) tall, with 10 floors, and was the tallest in Europe at the time it was built. The building is listed as aRijksmonument.
Construction
The architect W Molenbroek designed the 10-storey building, at the time an unprecedented height in Europe. The site at Wijnhaven 3 is just 1 m above sea-level and skeptics claimed that the soft soil of Rotterdam would be unable to adequately support the building, so before construction could properly begin, 1000 piles were driven into the ground to support the building's weight. The building is constructed from iron and steel and cement, and includes two thick interior walls which increase the building's strength. Unlike many other contemporary buildings of the time, wood was not a significant construction material due to the fear of fire. The building cost 127,900 Dutch guilder.
It was also one of the few buildings in central Rotterdam to survive the German bombing campaigns of World War Two.
Old photo of the white House
Two other old photo"s of the old port.
Some recent photo's of the White House.
Some recent views of the Old Port.
Euromast, the highest tower of Rotterdam
The Euromast is a tower in Rotterdam constructed between 1958 and 1960, designed by Hugh Maaskant. It was specially built for the 1960 Floriade. It is a concrete building with an internal diameter of 9 meters (30 ft) and a wall thickness of 30 centimetres (1 ft). For stability it is built on a concrete block of 1,900,000 kilograms (4,190,000 lb) so that the centre of gravity is below ground. It has a "crow's nest" observation platform 96 meters (315 ft) above-ground and a restaurant. Originally 101 meters (331 ft) in height it was the tallest building in Rotterdam. It lost this position for a while, but regained it when the "Space Tower" was added to the top of the building in 1970, giving an additional 85 meters (279 ft). Euromast is a member of the World Federation of Great Towers.
Some old photo's of the Euromast.
Some recent photo's of Rotterdam Euromast.
SS Rotterdam
The fifth SS Rotterdam, known as "The Grande Dame", was launched by Queen Juliana in a gala ceremony on 13 September 1958, and completed the following summer. The Rotterdam was the last great Dutch "ship of state", employing the finest artisans from the Netherlands in her construction and fitting out process.[1] With a career spanning forty years, she was also one of the most successful passenger ships of all time. She sailed from 1959 until her final retirement in the fall of 2000.
Restoration and hotel opening
On July 12, 2004, she arrived at Gibraltar for restoration. This included repainting her hull to grey. She then went to Cadiz, Spain for asbestos removal and finally to Poland and Germany for final restoration. She returned to the city of Rotterdam on August. She opened to the public on February 15, 2010 as a combination museum/hotel.
Some old photo's of the Rotterdam
Some recent photo's of the SS Rotterdam.
William Railway Bridge
William the Railway Bridge in 1925
William the Railway Bridge was a railroad bridge in Rotterdam between 1877 and 1994 spanned the Nieuwe Maas. William the Railway Bridge was replaced by William tunnel.
Since 1855, a rail link between Rotterdam and Moerdijk investigated. After lengthy negotiations and numerous trace studies on April 28, 1877 the railway viaduct between Delftsche station Rotterdam Port and the Nieuwe Maas and Willem Railway Bridge opened.
The bridge had five spans at 9 meters above Level Rotterdam.
After 100 years were the railway viaduct and the technical William Railway Bridge to be replaced. Also determined the opening of the line of William the Railway Bridge situated lift the whole timetable of the Dutch Railways and also formed a capacity bottleneck. The bridges are therefore replaced by William viersporige Tunnel, which opened on September 15, 1993. In 1994 the William Railway Bridge demolished and the 900 ton bridge sections in Spanish blast disappeared.
Some old photo's of this old bridge who is now demolished.
After the demolished old bridge they build a new bridge "The Willemsbrug"
Willemsbrug
The Willemsbrug is a bridge next to the Erasmusbrug in the centre of Rotterdam, spanning the Nieuwe Maas. It links the northern part of the city with the Noordereiland and (in combination with the Koninginnebrug) the district of Feijenoord. Together with the already mentioned Erasmusbridge and the Maastunnel the Willemsbrug provides an excellent connection between the two city parts.
The bridge was completed in 1981, designed by C. Veerling and named after King Willem III of the Netherlands. It replaced an older bridge which had been opened in 1878 but was severely outdated by the time the decision was made to build a new one. Because of the intensity of the traffic using the old bridge it was decided to build the new one 150 metres upstream to avoid upsetting the daily flow of traffic across the river. After the completion of the new bridge the old one was demolished.
The Willemsbrug is a cable-stayed bridge with a total span of about 318 meters. It is painted in a red color which puts it in sharp contrast with the light blue painted Erasmusbrug.
THE ERASMUS BRIDGE
The Erasmus Bridge is beside the Willemsbrug the second bridge across the river in the center of Rotterdam. The bridge connects the new district with the Southbank Centre on the north side of river. The Erasmus Bridge, designed by Ben van Berkel (UN Studio) and completed in 1996. The 808 meters long cable-stayed bridge has a 139 meters high asymmetric bent steel pylon, which bridge the nickname "The Swan" thanks. Between Southbank and the pylon is a 89 meters long bascule bridge for ships not covered by the suspension bridge can pass. This bascule bridge is the largest and heaviest bascule bridge in western Europe.
De Hefbrug (Koningshavenbrug)
The lift is the popular name for the old railway bridge across the King Harbor in Rotterdam, which the North Island of the district separates Feyenoord. The official name is King Havenbrug.
The two bridge sections on the banks date from 1878. The middle part was originally a swing bridge. This was a major obstacle to shipping. In the narrow passage to conduct several ship down and enter the 1918 German ship "Kanderfels" the complete swing of the pillar. This latest incident, the key for the construction of a lift to replace the swing bridge.
The bridge was designed by P. Joos Ting and opened on October 31, 1927. This bridge was the first of its kind in Western Europe. Joris Ivens made in 1928 an avant garde film about the Hef, entitled The Bridge. Inter alia by Ivens film was internationally known. Oscar van Dillen in 2007 wrote his String Quartet 2 in this silent film as music. Arij the Boode and Pieter van Oudheusden wrote a biography of the "Hef" biography of a railway bridge, 1985, with a foreword by Joris Ivens.
On January 14, 1933 Lou ducked Vlasblom of the lift. A week later, in January jumped Tabbernee of a point higher than 6 meters Vlasblom. Tabbernee was wrong and right does not survive the dive.
In May 10, 1978, the lift created by the sailing ship "Nedlloyd Bahrain" during the first vessel from the shipyard Van der Giessen the North where it was built. For several weeks the rail curdled.
The bridge is not currently used because the trains since September 24, 1993 from Central Station to South Station by William tunnel driving. The old railway bridge is a monument in memory of the place where once the train left the center of Rotterdam.
Some other old picture of this old bridge
Some recent photo's of this bridge
Water Tower (Rotterdam Esch)
Rotterdam City
Year 1871-1873
Height 48 m
Contents 1000 m³
Architect C.B. van der Tak
1986 Restorations
Current use office space, cafe and restaurant
Water tower
The old water tower in Rotterdam in The Esch was designed by architect CB van der Tak and was built in 1871-1873. Some also he designed workshop halls is part of the complex.
This water tower is the oldest surviving water tower in the Netherlands. The water tower has a height of 48 meters and has seven reservoirs. The tower had a water tank with capacity of over one million liters. This tower was one of the largest water tower in the Netherlands. The tower is designed in a mixture of Romanesque, neo-Renaissance and Oriental styles. Under the water were the homes of the staff of the water company that worked on the site.
When in 1978 the water company moved to another location, the homes and workplaces were replaced by a cooperative, wood, metal workshop, and a recording studio.
In 1986, Public Works Rotterdam tower renovated. Here the water reservoir is replaced by office space.
The tower is now a cafe and restaurant called the Water Tower. The tower is located on the Watertorenweg 180.
The water tower and outbuildings in 1981 recognized as a national monument.
Van Brienenoordbrug
The Van Brienenoordbrug is an arch bridge for car traffic over the river Nieuwe Maas, which is a major distributary of the riverRhine. The bridge is located at the east side of Rotterdam, The Netherlands. The bridge exists of two almost identical arches laying parallel and next to each other, followed by three bascule bridges. With over 250,000 vehicles every day the Van Brienenoordbrug, which is part of the A16 highway is the most busy road in the Netherlands. Bicycle riders can also use the bridges to cross the Nieuwe Maas river. The Van Brienenoordbrug is 1320 metres long and ships of 24 metres and lower are able to pass through underneath it.
The eastern arch was built in the early 1960s, the western (and slightly broader) one followed in 1990. The bridge is named after the underlying Eiland van Brienenoord (Island of Brienenoord) in the river, which was bought by and named after a baron Arnoud Willem van Brienen van de Groote Lindt in 1847. An oord is an area.
An average of 140.000 ships pass the bridge, every year. Approximatelly 500 of these ships are high enough to require the bridge to be opened, a process which takes 18 minutes. Suspending road traffic and opening the bridge takes 4 minutes, letting the ship pass takes 10 minutes, and closing the bridge requires an additional 4 minutes. During this time, road traffic is blocked byboom barriers. As of November 2005, the bridge is no longer controlled locally but from the nearby city of Rhoon, where the regions Road Traffic Control is located.
Having the bridge opened for shipping needs to be requested at the harbor authorities, at least 3 hours in advance. Further action is undertaken by Road Traffic Control.
An electro-mechanical failure on 17 March 2006 left the bridge for about an hour, on the middle of day, causing traffic jams up to 7 kilometres in length. The western bridge was closed first, restoring traffic to Breda. The eastern bridge was closed at approximatelly 1 o'clock AM, restoring traffic to The Hague and Utrecht. On 5 November 2006 failed to close again, this time due to an electrical failure, forcing engineers to close the bridge manually.
The last photo's are some cityscapes of Rotterdam.
I hope you have enjoyed this blog of the city of Rotterdam Harbour.
I will end this blog with an old view of the Old Harbour near the center of Rotterdam.
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This blog tells you something about the city Rotterdam by the river the Meuse, some harbourviews and bridges.
I will show you photo's of Rotterdam of the year 2009 and 2010.
Also i will show old history of Rotterdam. This photo's I found on the internet and are not made by myself.
I try to show you old and new together.
The first items I show you is the flag and coat of arms of the city Rotterdam
Rotterdam a little story.
Rotterdam (pronounced /ˈrɒtərdæm/; Dutch [rɔtərˈdɑm] (help•info)) is a city and municipality in the Dutch province of South Holland, situated in the west of the Netherlands. The municipality is the second largest in the country, with a population of 603,425 as of March 2010. The greater Rotterdam area, best known as 'Rotterdam-Rijnmond'/'Rijnmond region' (Rijnmond is to be literally translated as "the Rhine's mouth", referring to Rotterdam's location at the end of the Rhine-delta and its economic position as Europe's main port) contains around 1.3 million people (by some standards it rather approaches 2 million inhabitants). It forms the southern part of the Randstad, thesixth-largest metropolitan area in Europe, with a population of 6.7 million.
The port of Rotterdam is the largest in Europe. From 1962 to 2004 it was the world's busiest port until surpassed by Shanghai. Rotterdam is on the banks of the river Nieuwe Maas ('New Meuse'), one of the channels in the delta formed by the Rhine and Meuserivers. The name Rotterdam derives from a dam in the Rotte river.
Two old maps are showing you the size of Rotterdam between the year 1600 and 1875.
DELFSHAVEN
Delfshaven is a borough of Rotterdam on the right bank of river Nieuwe Maas, in South Holland, the Netherlands. It was a separate municipalityuntil 1886.
The town of Delfshaven grew around the port of the city of Delft. Delft itself was not located on a major river, so in 1389 a harbour was created about 10 km (6 mi) due south of the city, to be able to receive seafaring vessels and avoid tolls being levied by the neighbouring and competing city of Rotterdam. This settlement was named Delfshaven ("Port of Delft").
In July 1620 the Pilgrim fathers left Delfshaven with the Speedwell. Since then, the town's Oude Kerk has also been known as the Pelgrimskerk, or in English, the "Pilgrim Fathers Church".
Fishing, shipbuilding and the distillery of jenever were the main sources of income. The Dutch East India Company had important wharfs and warehouses in Delfshaven, and one of the Dutch West India Company's most famous commanders, Piet Hein, was born here.
Delfshaven belonged to the city and municipality of Delft until 1811, when it became a separate municipality. Delfshaven was annexed to Rotterdam in 1886 at its own request. The current borough has some 73,000 inhabitants. Its small historic centre has been carefully preserved. This features modest local museums, a brewery and six or so dining and drinking facilities.
Delfshaven escaped the bombing of Rotterdam by the Luftwaffe on May 14, 1940. Later during the Second World War, the area around the Groot Visserijplein and other parts of the western city of Rotterdam were destroyed by an allied bombing, on March 31, 1943 [1].
The first old photo you see the old mill at the harbour.
The second shows you a new located mill at the same place.
A nice story is that I was making for my work the foundation for this new mill.
LEUVENHAVEN
Formerly Leuvehaven was a creek with little meaning. It was so shallow that only small vessels with a flat bottom could make use of it. In 1594 gave the states of Holland and West Friesland permission to the small creek Leuve (aka: Loewe Loeve or) to increase the Meuse. This meant that the small creek had to be deepened and straightened. Then the banks could be serviced. Work started in 1598. Lack of money, construction was halted in 1599 but in 1604 the work could be resumed. The dredging of the Leuvehaven done with a treadmill, a series powered by horses all dredging buckets get above water. When that was done, were the quay walls opgemetseld. The port was finished in 1608 or 1609. In the beginning there was talk of the New Haven, but it turned out the Leuvehaven still the best name. New ports are indeed continue, but the Leuvehaven dug is the oldest port in Rotterdam.
The first old one is an old overview after the war, the second is an old harbourview
'Two recent photo's of the Leuvenhaven.
Rotterdam oude haven en het Witte Huis.
Rotterdam old harbour and the white House.
The Old Port is the oldest port in the port of Rotterdam, located in the center of Rotterdam near Blaak Station Rotterdam Blaak at height. Under the Bridge by William Extended is an open connection to the Red Apple.
After the dam near the Rotte Hoogstraat remained south of the river on a stump with a connection to the Meuse, surrounded by marshland. The first jetty was here built around 1350. [1] Today it is a well known and busy nightlife area with bars and restaurants with terraces on the water close to the famous cube houses and Europe's first skyscraper to the White House and the adjacent Marine Museum. Hogeschool Rotterdam also has a branch nearby.
The Witte Huis or White House is a skyscraper in Rotterdam, Netherlands, inspired by American office buildings and built in 1898 in the Art Nouveau style. The building is 43 m (141 ft) tall, with 10 floors, and was the tallest in Europe at the time it was built. The building is listed as aRijksmonument.
Construction
The architect W Molenbroek designed the 10-storey building, at the time an unprecedented height in Europe. The site at Wijnhaven 3 is just 1 m above sea-level and skeptics claimed that the soft soil of Rotterdam would be unable to adequately support the building, so before construction could properly begin, 1000 piles were driven into the ground to support the building's weight. The building is constructed from iron and steel and cement, and includes two thick interior walls which increase the building's strength. Unlike many other contemporary buildings of the time, wood was not a significant construction material due to the fear of fire. The building cost 127,900 Dutch guilder.
It was also one of the few buildings in central Rotterdam to survive the German bombing campaigns of World War Two.
Old photo of the white House
Two other old photo"s of the old port.
Some recent photo's of the White House.
Some recent views of the Old Port.
Euromast, the highest tower of Rotterdam
The Euromast is a tower in Rotterdam constructed between 1958 and 1960, designed by Hugh Maaskant. It was specially built for the 1960 Floriade. It is a concrete building with an internal diameter of 9 meters (30 ft) and a wall thickness of 30 centimetres (1 ft). For stability it is built on a concrete block of 1,900,000 kilograms (4,190,000 lb) so that the centre of gravity is below ground. It has a "crow's nest" observation platform 96 meters (315 ft) above-ground and a restaurant. Originally 101 meters (331 ft) in height it was the tallest building in Rotterdam. It lost this position for a while, but regained it when the "Space Tower" was added to the top of the building in 1970, giving an additional 85 meters (279 ft). Euromast is a member of the World Federation of Great Towers.
Some old photo's of the Euromast.
Some recent photo's of Rotterdam Euromast.
SS Rotterdam
The fifth SS Rotterdam, known as "The Grande Dame", was launched by Queen Juliana in a gala ceremony on 13 September 1958, and completed the following summer. The Rotterdam was the last great Dutch "ship of state", employing the finest artisans from the Netherlands in her construction and fitting out process.[1] With a career spanning forty years, she was also one of the most successful passenger ships of all time. She sailed from 1959 until her final retirement in the fall of 2000.
Restoration and hotel opening
On July 12, 2004, she arrived at Gibraltar for restoration. This included repainting her hull to grey. She then went to Cadiz, Spain for asbestos removal and finally to Poland and Germany for final restoration. She returned to the city of Rotterdam on August. She opened to the public on February 15, 2010 as a combination museum/hotel.
Some old photo's of the Rotterdam
Some recent photo's of the SS Rotterdam.
William Railway Bridge
William the Railway Bridge in 1925
William the Railway Bridge was a railroad bridge in Rotterdam between 1877 and 1994 spanned the Nieuwe Maas. William the Railway Bridge was replaced by William tunnel.
Since 1855, a rail link between Rotterdam and Moerdijk investigated. After lengthy negotiations and numerous trace studies on April 28, 1877 the railway viaduct between Delftsche station Rotterdam Port and the Nieuwe Maas and Willem Railway Bridge opened.
The bridge had five spans at 9 meters above Level Rotterdam.
After 100 years were the railway viaduct and the technical William Railway Bridge to be replaced. Also determined the opening of the line of William the Railway Bridge situated lift the whole timetable of the Dutch Railways and also formed a capacity bottleneck. The bridges are therefore replaced by William viersporige Tunnel, which opened on September 15, 1993. In 1994 the William Railway Bridge demolished and the 900 ton bridge sections in Spanish blast disappeared.
Some old photo's of this old bridge who is now demolished.
After the demolished old bridge they build a new bridge "The Willemsbrug"
Willemsbrug
The Willemsbrug is a bridge next to the Erasmusbrug in the centre of Rotterdam, spanning the Nieuwe Maas. It links the northern part of the city with the Noordereiland and (in combination with the Koninginnebrug) the district of Feijenoord. Together with the already mentioned Erasmusbridge and the Maastunnel the Willemsbrug provides an excellent connection between the two city parts.
The bridge was completed in 1981, designed by C. Veerling and named after King Willem III of the Netherlands. It replaced an older bridge which had been opened in 1878 but was severely outdated by the time the decision was made to build a new one. Because of the intensity of the traffic using the old bridge it was decided to build the new one 150 metres upstream to avoid upsetting the daily flow of traffic across the river. After the completion of the new bridge the old one was demolished.
The Willemsbrug is a cable-stayed bridge with a total span of about 318 meters. It is painted in a red color which puts it in sharp contrast with the light blue painted Erasmusbrug.
THE ERASMUS BRIDGE
The Erasmus Bridge is beside the Willemsbrug the second bridge across the river in the center of Rotterdam. The bridge connects the new district with the Southbank Centre on the north side of river. The Erasmus Bridge, designed by Ben van Berkel (UN Studio) and completed in 1996. The 808 meters long cable-stayed bridge has a 139 meters high asymmetric bent steel pylon, which bridge the nickname "The Swan" thanks. Between Southbank and the pylon is a 89 meters long bascule bridge for ships not covered by the suspension bridge can pass. This bascule bridge is the largest and heaviest bascule bridge in western Europe.
De Hefbrug (Koningshavenbrug)
The lift is the popular name for the old railway bridge across the King Harbor in Rotterdam, which the North Island of the district separates Feyenoord. The official name is King Havenbrug.
The two bridge sections on the banks date from 1878. The middle part was originally a swing bridge. This was a major obstacle to shipping. In the narrow passage to conduct several ship down and enter the 1918 German ship "Kanderfels" the complete swing of the pillar. This latest incident, the key for the construction of a lift to replace the swing bridge.
The bridge was designed by P. Joos Ting and opened on October 31, 1927. This bridge was the first of its kind in Western Europe. Joris Ivens made in 1928 an avant garde film about the Hef, entitled The Bridge. Inter alia by Ivens film was internationally known. Oscar van Dillen in 2007 wrote his String Quartet 2 in this silent film as music. Arij the Boode and Pieter van Oudheusden wrote a biography of the "Hef" biography of a railway bridge, 1985, with a foreword by Joris Ivens.
On January 14, 1933 Lou ducked Vlasblom of the lift. A week later, in January jumped Tabbernee of a point higher than 6 meters Vlasblom. Tabbernee was wrong and right does not survive the dive.
In May 10, 1978, the lift created by the sailing ship "Nedlloyd Bahrain" during the first vessel from the shipyard Van der Giessen the North where it was built. For several weeks the rail curdled.
The bridge is not currently used because the trains since September 24, 1993 from Central Station to South Station by William tunnel driving. The old railway bridge is a monument in memory of the place where once the train left the center of Rotterdam.
Some other old picture of this old bridge
Some recent photo's of this bridge
Water Tower (Rotterdam Esch)
Rotterdam City
Year 1871-1873
Height 48 m
Contents 1000 m³
Architect C.B. van der Tak
1986 Restorations
Current use office space, cafe and restaurant
Water tower
The old water tower in Rotterdam in The Esch was designed by architect CB van der Tak and was built in 1871-1873. Some also he designed workshop halls is part of the complex.
This water tower is the oldest surviving water tower in the Netherlands. The water tower has a height of 48 meters and has seven reservoirs. The tower had a water tank with capacity of over one million liters. This tower was one of the largest water tower in the Netherlands. The tower is designed in a mixture of Romanesque, neo-Renaissance and Oriental styles. Under the water were the homes of the staff of the water company that worked on the site.
When in 1978 the water company moved to another location, the homes and workplaces were replaced by a cooperative, wood, metal workshop, and a recording studio.
In 1986, Public Works Rotterdam tower renovated. Here the water reservoir is replaced by office space.
The tower is now a cafe and restaurant called the Water Tower. The tower is located on the Watertorenweg 180.
The water tower and outbuildings in 1981 recognized as a national monument.
Van Brienenoordbrug
The Van Brienenoordbrug is an arch bridge for car traffic over the river Nieuwe Maas, which is a major distributary of the riverRhine. The bridge is located at the east side of Rotterdam, The Netherlands. The bridge exists of two almost identical arches laying parallel and next to each other, followed by three bascule bridges. With over 250,000 vehicles every day the Van Brienenoordbrug, which is part of the A16 highway is the most busy road in the Netherlands. Bicycle riders can also use the bridges to cross the Nieuwe Maas river. The Van Brienenoordbrug is 1320 metres long and ships of 24 metres and lower are able to pass through underneath it.
The eastern arch was built in the early 1960s, the western (and slightly broader) one followed in 1990. The bridge is named after the underlying Eiland van Brienenoord (Island of Brienenoord) in the river, which was bought by and named after a baron Arnoud Willem van Brienen van de Groote Lindt in 1847. An oord is an area.
An average of 140.000 ships pass the bridge, every year. Approximatelly 500 of these ships are high enough to require the bridge to be opened, a process which takes 18 minutes. Suspending road traffic and opening the bridge takes 4 minutes, letting the ship pass takes 10 minutes, and closing the bridge requires an additional 4 minutes. During this time, road traffic is blocked byboom barriers. As of November 2005, the bridge is no longer controlled locally but from the nearby city of Rhoon, where the regions Road Traffic Control is located.
Having the bridge opened for shipping needs to be requested at the harbor authorities, at least 3 hours in advance. Further action is undertaken by Road Traffic Control.
An electro-mechanical failure on 17 March 2006 left the bridge for about an hour, on the middle of day, causing traffic jams up to 7 kilometres in length. The western bridge was closed first, restoring traffic to Breda. The eastern bridge was closed at approximatelly 1 o'clock AM, restoring traffic to The Hague and Utrecht. On 5 November 2006 failed to close again, this time due to an electrical failure, forcing engineers to close the bridge manually.
The last photo's are some cityscapes of Rotterdam.
I hope you have enjoyed this blog of the city of Rotterdam Harbour.
I will end this blog with an old view of the Old Harbour near the center of Rotterdam.
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Comments
great introduction to the city, i learned a lot, when i visit it in the future, i'll be armed with a lot of information and great visualizations, great job!!!
# posted by hardloperjan (Jan Landman) on September 24th, 2011 9:57 pm
Its a good description Hans, from this dynamic city, today it was a very clear and the sky-lime, seeing from the Brielenoord bridge was changed again, every time i cross this bridge i see something different, looking at the skyline 40 years ago, there where only tree major buildings to see, the Euromast, The Shellbuilding and the watertouwer, all of them are still there, hidden between all the other large buildings, fashinating city
Thank you! A very good story and pictures ,nice to see the history Hans,well done! *
you made a great job of historical research and added fine illustrations as well the old ones than your recents ones; it was interesting to see the evolution of your city .
# posted by trudy tuinstra on July 23rd, 2010 9:36 pm
it realy is a great blog , full of very interesting sorys and beautiful pictures. I have enjoyed reading it, and ofcourse watching it. thank you very much for sharing thisone with us on Woophy.
# posted by Unknownz (Alpha Male) on July 22nd, 2010 1:18 pm
Wat een pracht van een blog....respect !!!
Thank you so much for this long story and showing the old and the new pictures of Rotterdam,very interesting to see.
You did a very good job ,congratulations Hans! *
You did a very good job ,congratulations Hans! *
# posted by Rastamamsjuh ( Liesbeth ) on June 27th, 2010 10:35 am
Agree with Dieneke, you have done a great job!
What a wonderful blog about my hometown Rotterdam!
That must have been a lot of work . Thanks for this interesting contribution Hans.
Groetjes,
Marja
That must have been a lot of work . Thanks for this interesting contribution Hans.
Groetjes,
Marja
# posted by Marek km2bp on June 13th, 2010 11:07 am
Very interesting blog. History of Rotterdam. Send it to my sister who lives in Breda. Try to enhance it even movies. Example http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJQL8qXAXoA&feature=related
Een mooie dag verder.
Een mooie dag verder.
# posted by peter van dongen on June 11th, 2010 11:27 pm
Wow it is a great blog you put a lot of work in it well done and keep up the good work
A great blog with very good pictures, congratulations and thanks for this nice presentation.
# posted by Jan Hemels on June 9th, 2010 8:10 pm
Geweldig Hans dat is een heleboel werk geweest! Goed de geschiedenis van onze havenstad zo aan je voorbij te zien gaan,
A great Job!!!
Nog wel even de Eurobookings link toevoegen, zie forum and newsletter!
A great Job!!!
Nog wel even de Eurobookings link toevoegen, zie forum and newsletter!
# posted by Dieneke Boonstra on June 9th, 2010 3:06 pm
It's a long story but even for a "Ducth girl" like me interesting and impressive to read.I even learned some things I didn't know! Great work, Hans! And you made some wonderful pictures for an excellent framing, also the old ones are beauties!
Thanks!
Thanks!