Object data
wood and brass
model: height 28.6 cm × width 62.2 cm × depth 21.9 cm
packaging capsule: height 32.5 cm × width 66.5 cm × depth 26.5 cm
Rijkswerf Rotterdam (possibly)
Model of a Drawbridge
? Rotterdam, c. 1850
Inscriptions
- label, on the quay: 18 former inventory label
Provenance
...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883
Object number: NG-MC-18
Copyright: Public domain
Entry
Model of a drawbridge mounted on a wooden base.
The bridge consists of two identical halves, which are lifted by operating the counterweights on the beams at the top.
This drawbridge was the first bridge in the inner harbour of the Navy dockyard of Rotterdam, which was closed in 1850.1
Literature
J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 18
Citation
J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'possibly Rijkswerf Rotterdam, Model of a Drawbridge, Rotterdam, c. 1850', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.242743
(accessed 14 November 2024 06:54:26).