[Report on Visit to Holland]

Reference No:
C DPD/1/2/12/1
Dates:
[Oct 1906]
Description:

A typescript copy of a report made on a visit to Holland [Netherlands] between the 1 and 5 October 1906 by William Shaw Wright (Chairman of the Humber Conservancy Commissioners), William Hammond Bartholomew (Member of the Wrecks, Removal and Works Committee of the Humber Conservancy Commissioners), Captain George Pirie RN (Conservator of the Humber), and Francis Berry (Clerk to the Humber Conservancy Commissioners). The purpose of the visit being to investigate sea protection works undertaken at the mouths of the Rivers Mass and Scheldt, and at other places situate on the Dutch Coast. See C DPD/1/2/12/2 for a published copy of this report.

The report includes diagrams illustrating some of the works examined by the representatives of the Humber Conservancy. It also provides a general overview of the Port of Rotterdam.

Format:
Archive Item
Extent:
1 item
Language:
Access Conditions:
Access will be granted to any accredited reader
Repository:
Hull City Archives
Collection:
Records of Humber Conservancy and the Humber Ports (Records deposited by Associated British Ports and its Predecessors)