Westerdok (Western Dock) is a former wet dock in Amsterdam. It was created in 1830-1834 by constructing the Westerdoksdam and Westerdoksluis, forming...
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Willemspoort Station, which had closed in 1878, as well as the temporary Westerdok Station used from 1878 to 1889. The idea for a central station came from...
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between Central Station and Amsterdam-Sloterdijk, to the west of the Westerdok and to the east of the Planciusbuurt on the Westerkanaal. The Westelijke...
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Bickerseiland in the Westerdok of Amsterdam. He then built the steam sugar refinery Java on these premises. Bickerseiland was situated in the Westerdok, a wet dock...
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was the second floating dry dock of Amsterdam, and was moored in the Westerdok. In November 1842 Amsterdam Wooden Drydock I, the first dry dock of Amsterdam...
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the extension of the Prinsengracht between the Brouwersgracht and the Westerdok. There are many monuments and monumental canal houses on the Prinsengracht...
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1849. In 1851 the two dry docks in the Oosterdok and the drydock in the Westerdok together serviced 148 ships, totaling 72,000 tons. In 1862 this was 222...
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large variety on the first Saturday of August, which usually goes from Westerdok over the Prinsengracht, the Amstel river, the Zwanenburgwal and the Oudeschans...
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Waterschap Amstel Gooi en Vecht. Retrieved 26 November 2021. "Bubble Barrier Westerdok". www.amstrdam.nl. Gemeente Amsterdam (City of Amsterdam). Retrieved 26...
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Westelijke Eilanden to the west. It lies between the Westerkanaal and the Westerdok; to the north is Houthaven and the IJ. The neighbourhood is served by...
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IJzeren Spoorweg-Maatschappij) Amsterdam Weesperpoort (1843–1939) Amsterdam Westerdok (1878–1889) Amsterdam Oosterdok (1874–1889) Amsterdam Haarlemmermeer (Willemspark)...
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Schagen Noord Scharwoude Heerhugowaard Alkmaar Castricum Uitgeest Krommenie-Assendelft Wormerveer Zaandijk Zaanse Schans Zaandam Amsterdam Westerdok...
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Netherlands ministry of housing, planning and environment 2000: First Prize design competition Westerdok Amsterdam (school and residential building)...
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onschuld voorbij (Beyond Innocence), directed by his brother Erik van Empel (Westerdok film). Harvey Wang is an American documentary director who interviewed...
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for Amsterdam. This was done by creating the wet docks Oosterdok and Westerdok. Outside of these docks, docking was hindered by tides and other inconveniences...
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Amsterdam finally gave in. Blanken's plan was changed to build only the Westerdok and Oosterdok wet docks. In between, Amsterdam would retain its open connection...
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because of this closure of the IJ. When Amsterdam accepted to construct the Westerdok and Oosterdok wet docks in order to get a deep water port, the Goudriaan...
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sheds and places to store timber were erected along the Bickersgracht and Westerdok. In the middle of the island a house with a tower was built for the shipping...
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junction of the Smallepadsgracht and the Prinseneilandsgracht with the Westerdok near the Zandhoek. Prinseneiland and Bickerseiland are to the south of...
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Centrum district from the Zeeheldenbuurt in Amsterdam-West. It connects the Westerdok (under Petemayenbrug) with the Westerkanaal (under Zoutkeetsbrug). Smallepadsgracht...
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the future Amsterdam Centraal station on an island in the IJ between Westerdok and Oosterdok. In 1869 the municipal council of Amsterdam agreed on this...
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bridge no. 312 over Eilandsgracht. Jacob Olie (1890) The viaduct between Westerdok and Korte Prinsengracht (1899). Right: Bickersplein, turret of the Eilandskerk...
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