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The biggest asset of the shipyard would be Batavia Dock. This was a massive 354 feet long iron dry dock that was supposed to be able to lift most existing merchant ships. The parts of Batavia Dock would be assembled at Amsterdam Island. In August 1874 3,000 piculs of stones were brought from Europe to Batavia for 'the dry dock company'. [6]
The plan to have Batavia Dock before the end of 1876 would not succeed. On 22 November 1876 a select company headed by the Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies steamed to Amsterdam Island to witness the launch of Batavia Dock. It was a grand happening, but when Batavia Dock had to get to sea
Volharding Dock was a floating dry dock which had her hull finished in Scotland. She left for Java as a sailing ship on 21 July 1875, and arrived there after a journey of 341 days. Batavia Dock of 354 ft (107.9 m) was built in Scotland and re-assembled in the Dutch East Indies. She was launched there, but sank when she was lowered for a test ...
On 17 June 1923 Tanjung Priok Dock of 8,000 tons was planned to pass the Meuse bridges in Rotterdam. It would then be pulled to Batavia. Authorities and engineers were aware that passing the bridges could be problematic. The dock had a basic height of 13.20 m, and on top of it there were some deckhouses that were another 4 m high.
Batavia (Dutch pronunciation: [baːˈtaːvijaː] ⓘ) was a ship of the Dutch East India Company (VOC). She was built in Amsterdam in 1628 as the flagship of one of the three annual fleets of company ships [ 4 ] and sailed that year on her maiden voyage for Batavia , capital of the Dutch East Indies .
In 1982, during the course of an archaeological excavation conducted as 161 Water Street was built, an 18th-century ship was discovered. [6] Portions of the ship and other artifacts were sent to the Mariners' Museum in Newport News. [5] 161 Water Street was completed in 1983. [7] The building was designed by Fox & Fowle. [1]
After a tumultuous few months of devastation and recovery, the artists behind Orr Street Studios are ready to party. The North Village Arts District venue will host its annual fundraiser, which ...
At this point, Water Street merges into North Street, and the latter parallels the Arcade and Attica Railroad (ARA) and Cattaraugus Creek as it carries NY 98 northeastward out of the village. NY 98 follows the creek to an area of farmlands known as Arcade Center, where the route and the railroad both turn north toward Java , a mostly rural town ...