{"id":26853,"date":"2025-02-07T18:02:33","date_gmt":"2025-02-07T17:02:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inter-antiquariaat.nl\/en\/antiek\/niet-gecategoriseerd\/noordzeekanaal-e-de-kruyff-j-g-van-gendt-1853\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T15:47:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T13:47:20","slug":"north-sea-channel-1853","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/inter-antiquariaat.nl\/en\/antiques\/sold\/north-sea-channel-1853\/","title":{"rendered":"North Sea Channel &#8211; E. de Kruyff + J.G. van Gendt, 1853"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NEVER EXECUTED DESIGN FOR THE NORTH SEA CANAL<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>&#8220;Kaart van het IJ, ter aanwijzing van een Ontwerp voor een Kanaal van Amsterdam naar de Noordzee.&#8221; <\/strong><\/em>[Map of the IJ, with a design for a canal from Amsterdam to the North Sea]. Drawing with pen and gray wash, made by <strong>E. de Kruyff<\/strong> and <strong>J.G. van Gendt<\/strong> in <strong>1853<\/strong>. Size: 19 x 70 cm.<\/p>\n<p>In the 17th century, the navigability of the Zuiderzee for sea shipping to Amsterdam declined. The shallow waters near the island <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pampus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pampus<\/a> before Amsterdam, which blocked access to the IJ for large ships, caused significant delays. When transferring goods to smaller ships became too time-consuming and expensive, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ship_camel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ship camels<\/a> were used instead. Additionally, Amsterdam faced issues with the silting up of its harbour.<\/p>\n<p>Initially, digging a direct connection to the North Sea was deemed too ambitious. Such a plan would have required damming the IJ at the Zuiderzee and constructing a large sluice complex at the North Sea\u2014something beyond the technical capabilities of that time.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, a canal was built between Amsterdam and the naval base Nieuwediep near <a href=\"https:\/\/inter-antiquariaat.nl\/en\/antiques\/city-plans\/other-dutch-cities-city-plans\/den-helder-1875\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Den Helder<\/a>. This <a href=\"https:\/\/inter-antiquariaat.nl\/en\/antiques\/sold\/noordhollandsch-kanaal-1825\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Noordhollandsch Kanaal<\/a>, opened in 1824, quickly became insufficient for the growing maritime traffic. By around 1848, alternative solutions were being explored.<\/p>\n<p>In 1852, civil engineers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dbnl.org\/tekst\/molh003nieu02_01\/molh003nieu02_01_1370.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Etienne de Kruyff<\/a> (1790-1860) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dbnl.org\/tekst\/molh003nieu01_01\/molh003nieu01_01_1488.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Johan Godart van Gendt<\/a> (1803-1875) were appointed by the Amsterdam city council to investigate whether a canal, with a harbour on the North Sea, could be dug through the dunes near Velsen.<\/p>\n<p>This map was made as part of that effort. Unfortunately for the engineers, their plan didn&#8217;t make it. The inset in the upper left reads <em>&#8220;The original but rejected plan for the North Sea Canal.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>(After reviewing many plans, a concession for the construction of a canal was finally granted 10 years later. Digging, building dikes, and constructing sluices took another 11 years before the North Sea Canal could be opened in 1876.)<\/p>\n<p><em>Provenance: collection A.M. van den Broek (1932-1995).<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Price: SOLD<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEVER EXECUTED DESIGN FOR THE NORTH SEA CANAL &#8220;Kaart van het IJ, ter aanwijzing van een Ontwerp voor een Kanaal van Amsterdam naar de Noordzee.&#8221; [Map of the IJ, with a design for a canal from Amsterdam to the North Sea]. 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