Object data
wood and brass
height 33 cm × width 150 cm × depth 210 cm
anonymous
Model of a Double Swing Bridge
Netherlands, c. 1835 - c. 1836
Provenance
...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883
Object number: NG-MC-1073
Copyright: Public domain
Entry
Model of a double swing bridge with parts of the quay wall. Both halves of the bridge pivot on an axle and rollers, turning on a semi-circular platform in the quay wall.
This model represents the double swing bridge of the Noordhollandsch Kanaal (Amsterdam-Den Helder) in Alkmaar, which replaced the pontoon bridge (NG-MC-1074) designed by Jan Blanken Jansz (1755-1838) in 1836.
Scale (derived) approx. 1:21.
Literature
P.J. Hayward, ‘Herbouw der dubbele draaibrug over het groot Noordhollandsch kanaal te Alkmaar in 1853’, Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut van Ingenieurs (1854-55), pp. 79-80; J.M. Obreen et al., handwritten inventory list for items 944 to 1431, 1884, manuscript in HNA 476 RMA, inv. no. 1089, no. 1073; R.M. Haubourdin et al., De physique existentie dezes lands. Jan Blanken, inspecteur-generaal van de waterstaat (1755-1838), exh. cat. Amsterdam (Rijksmuseum) 1987, p. 139, nos. 155-157
Citation
J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Model of a Double Swing Bridge, Netherlands, c. 1835 - c. 1836', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.244888
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