Dutch cinema news Jan 1937 showing the brand new Boskoop bridge , build 1936 in Boskoop village over the Gouwe river , in the Green Heart of Holland.
Riveted steel lift bridge over the Gouwe, built 1935-1936 by N.V. De Vries Robbé & Co. from Gorinchem for the widening and canalization of the Gouwe in the context of the improvement of the waterway from Amsterdam to Rotterdam. Identical vertical lift bridges are located in Waddinxveen and in Alphen aan den Rijn.
The passage width is 25 meters, the width between the railings is 9 meters. The vertical clearance when closed is 2.5 meters and when opened it is 35 meters. On the bridge there are steel railings with decorative circles and the name and year of construction of the bridge in wrought ironwork: “Boschkoopse Brug, Anno Domini 1936”
References
Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed (RCE, Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands)
Cinema news week 3, 1937 , Polygoon Hollands Nieuws | Open Images | Sound & Vision
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