Sujet

Plan of the Amsterdam Ship Canal, 1870. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Plan of the Amsterdam Ship Canal, 1870. Map of '...the great canal for seagoing ships which is still under construction between the city of Amsterdam and the German Ocean [ie North Sea]. The Amsterdam Sea Canal, which is to be only fifteen miles and a half in length, will place that great commercial city in direct maritime communication with a new artificial port to be formed on the North Sea coast, near Haarlem, and just opposite the coast of Suffolk...The entire series of works has been designed and is being executed under the joint superintendence of Mr. J. Hawkshaw, C.E., and Mr. Dirks, the engineers; and Messrs. Henry Lee and Sons, of Westminster Chambers, Victoria-street, are contractors for the whole undertaking. Mr. T. C. Watson, C.E., superintends the lock and dam works on behalf of the contractors'. From "Illustrated London News", 1870.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM24A48_250

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Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

55,3Mo (1,9Mo) / 33,0cm x 42,0cm / 3895 x 4959 (300dpi)

Mots clés

transport transportation nature sea coast arts coastal engineering industry art trade port British geography industrial canal canals Amsterdam century Britain newspapers press print North Sea civil engineering B&W the netherlands dike dyke engraved engraving Dykes shipping Industry 19th century water transport black & white black and white B W dikes nineteenth century The Print Collector geographical feature Illustrated London News TGN wood engraving ILN Zuiderzee newspaper map Unknown Zuider Zee Zuyder Zee IJ 19th-century The Illustrated London News Amsterdam Sea Canal