<p style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">Even though there were still cargo boats on the Oudegracht at the beginning of the 20th century, the canal had long since lost its significance as a city port. With the construction of the Merwede Canal in 1892, Utrecht got a new modern harbour for large ships. The new industries that established themselves along it lay far outside the old city centre.</span></p><p style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p>
Even though there were still cargo boats on the Oudegracht at the beginning of the 20th century, the canal had long since lost its significance as a city port. With the construction of the Merwede Canal in 1892, Utrecht got a new modern harbour for large ships. The new industries that established themselves along it lay far outside the old city centre.
In het midden de Jacobibrug die de Jacobistraat (links) met de Jacobijnenstraat (rechts) verbindt; rechts achter de brug de St. Augustinuskerk.
Documentation
De Utrechtse Parade 1495-1995 : van Van Scorel tot Rietveld en Koch, red. Renger de Bruin, Jos de Meyere, Suzanne de Sitter. teksten Hanneke Adriaans, Marja Bosma, Renger de Bruin, Roman Koot, Jos de Meyere, Ida van Zijl, (Utrecht, 1994), p. 61; p. 63 afb.
Geschiedenis van de provincie Utrecht [vanaf 1780-zie tot 1528 voor titelbeschrijving], coörd. red. C. Dekker, Ph. Maarschalkerweerd, J.M. van Winter ... [et al.], (Utrecht, 1997), p. 179, afb. in kleur
Schilderijen uit eigen bezit na 1850, (Utrecht, 1971), cat. nr. 220
Exhibitions
De gezonde stad , Centraal Museum, Utrecht, 2022
Markten in Utrecht, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, 2001
Van Aalmoes tot AOW, zes eeuwen ouderenzorg in een Nederlandse stad, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, 1996 - 1997
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