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A city on wooden piles

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Other sources

  1. Facts paleisamsterdam.nl
  2. Paleis Amsterdam, A New Town Hall for Amsterdam paleisamsterdam.nl
  3. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, The Town Hall on Dam Square, Amsterdam (SK-A-34), Rijksmuseum rijksmuseum.nl
  4. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Longitudinal section of the Town Hall on Dam Square (RP-P-1911-3360), Rijksmuseum rijksmuseum.nl
  5. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, A large group of people driving a pile into the ground (KOG-ZG-1-13-308), Rijksmuseum rijksmuseum.nl
  6. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Model of a Pile Driver on a Raft (NG-MC-43), Rijksmuseum rijksmuseum.nl

Images, slide by slide

Slide 1
A painting of a wide classical town hall with a domed cupola on a busy square, people, horses and a dog in frontSource: Rijksmuseum, AmsterdamMuseum or journal record
Slide 2
An engraved lengthwise section of the town hall showing floors, halls and a dome cut open like a drawing of a bodySource: Rijksmuseum, AmsterdamMuseum or journal record
Slide 3
A small old engraving of many people pulling ropes on a tall wooden frame to drop a weight on a pileSource: Rijksmuseum, AmsterdamMuseum or journal record
Slide 4
A painted wooden model of a pile driver: a tall black frame on a raft, ropes running to a capstanSource: Rijksmuseum, AmsterdamMuseum or journal record
Slide 5
A long, narrow brick street lined with tall brick houses, bikes parked along the walls, gray skyPhoto: RN Collins

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