Shipwreck Spakenburg - IV by The Utregter Photoraphy

About "Shipwreck Spakenburg - IV"

by The Utregter Photoraphy

About the artwork

As early as 1675 there was a "schuytenmaekereye" on the site of the present Nieuwboer shipyard.[1] Halfway through the 18th century Joost Croesen ordered the construction of a new shipyard. At the beginning of the 19th century the shipyard came into the possession of Willem Nieuwboer. His son developed a new type of botter, the Zuidwalbotter. The shipyard was adapted to this new type. The shipyard has four slipways, of which the smallest is located in front of the red shed. The three other slipways are at right angles to it. The red shed was built around 1901. In addition to the large red shed, the complex also includes a botter shed which was built in the second half of the 19th century,[2] the rear of which is made of wood and can be removed to allow the ships to be moved from the shed onto the slipway. The front of the botter shed is located on the Oude Schans. The building also serves as a carpentry workshop. On the south side of the botter shed, also on the Oude Schans, is the smithy of the shipyard complex, which was built in 1904. From that time onwards the emphasis shifted from building fishing smacks to cladding the wooden smacks with steel sheet.

The shipyard was owned by members of the Nieuwboer family until 1986. After that the complex was sold to the municipality of Bunschoten-Spakenburg, which had the yard renovated in the 1990s. Since then the shipyard has served as a repair yard for historic vessels, including fishing smacks.

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