Caption

Construction of Locks at Veere. Possibly No. 10 Lock chambers and inner heads of the double Lock at Veere, viewed from the pier between the outer heads, Veere, lock under construction, photograph, photographer: Pieter Oosterhuis, 1871-08, pasteboard, paper, albumen print, height 320 mm x width 419 mm, weigh-house, A wide construction site with exposed foundations, wooden planks, beams, and scaffolding stretching across the foreground and middle distance, with workers scattered on platforms and among the construction materials; shallow water pooled in trenches and channels near the front, piles of stone and rubble, and various tools and carts visible; earthworks and mounds of soil rise toward the background where stacks of logs and stone blocks sit behind a low ridge; a small grove of trees and a few houses with pitched roofs appear on the horizon; the sky above is pale and mostly empty.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B09_376

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Rights managed

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57.5Mb (11.2Mb) / 17.4in x 12.8in / 5233 x 3842 (300dpi)

Keywords

Construction Locks Veere No 10 Lock chambers inner heads double Lock viewed pier outer heads lock under construction photograph photographer Pieter Oosterhuis 1871-08 pasteboard paper albumen print height 320 mm x width 419 mm weigh-house wide construction site exposed foundations wooden planks beams scaffolding stretching across foreground middle distance workers scattered platforms construction materials shallow water pooled trenches channels near front piles stone rubble various tools carts visible earthworks mounds soil rise background stacks logs stone blocks sit low ridge small grove trees houses pitched roofs horizon sky pale mostly empty