'Report on a visit to Holland made pursuant to the instructions of the Wrecks, Removal and Works Committee of the Humber Conservancy Commissioners, comprising particulars relative to the Rivers Maas, Scheldt, &c., and Coast Defence Works'
- Reference No:
- C DPD/1/2/12/2
- Dates:
- Nov 1906
- Description:
A published report on a visit to Holland [Netherlands] between 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/1/2/12/1 for a typescript proof of the report.
The report includes diagrams illustrating some of the works inspected 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)