Hr.Ms. Buffel (Est. 1868) in the Dry Dock - Fortresse Holland (Hellevoetsluis/NL)
Hr.Ms. Buffel (Est. 1868) in the Dry Dock. From October 5, 2013, the ship was temporarily in the Timmerdok of Dry Dock Jan Blanken. The Buffel is now moored along the quay nearby in the Maritime Quarter. There are more historic ships there, such as the minesweeper Bernisse, the lightship Noord-Hinder..
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Hellevoetsluis - Fortresse Holland - Droogdok Jan Blanken
Droogdok Jan Blanken - the Dry dock Jan Blanken is a national monument built for the Dutch navy between 1798 and 1822 (architect Jan Blanken) in Hellevoetsluis for the construction and maintenance of ships. Equipped with new techniques such as a pump house (rebuilt in 2001, now a restaurant) with a James Watt steam engine and hundreds of piles were driven into the ground for the dock foundation. The dock has a ship door (type of lock, French invention), and devided in a maintenance and construction section, the walls of which are constructed as an amphitheater to facilitate easy ship maintenance. The naval frigate Euridice was the first ship to be docked.
After the departure of the Dutch Navy until 1970, in operation, completely restored in 2005, and now a museum with the still fully functioning dock for maintenance on ships.
See: nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Droogdok_Jan_Blanken.
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Richard Poppelaars
About Pixels Photography: #monument #history #drydock #ship #HrMsBuffel #DroogdokJanBlanken #Museum #Hellevoetsluis #NL
Hr.Ms. Buffel (Est. 1868) in the Dry Dock - Fortresse Holland (Hellevoetsluis/NL)
Hr.Ms. Buffel (Est. 1868) in the Dry Dock. From October 5, 2013, the ship was temporarily in the Timmerdok of Dry Dock Jan Blanken. The Buffel is now moored along the quay nearby in the Maritime Quarter. There are more historic ships there, such as the minesweeper Bernisse, the lightship Noord-Hinder..
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Hellevoetsluis - Fortresse Holland - Droogdok Jan Blanken
Droogdok Jan Blanken - the Dry dock Jan Blanken is a national monument built for the Dutch navy between 1798 and 1822 (architect Jan Blanken) in Hellevoetsluis for the construction and maintenance of ships. Equipped with new techniques such as a pump house (rebuilt in 2001, now a restaurant) with a James Watt steam engine and hundreds of piles were driven into the ground for the dock foundation. The dock has a ship door (type of lock, French invention), and devided in a maintenance and construction section, the walls of which are constructed as an amphitheater to facilitate easy ship maintenance. The naval frigate Euridice was the first ship to be docked.
After the departure of the Dutch Navy until 1970, in operation, completely restored in 2005, and now a museum with the still fully functioning dock for maintenance on ships.
See: nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Droogdok_Jan_Blanken.
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Richard Poppelaars
About Pixels Photography: #monument #history #drydock #ship #HrMsBuffel #DroogdokJanBlanken #Museum #Hellevoetsluis #NL