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Hoisting Beams: Amsterdam

Areta — Tue, 21 Jun 2016 13:19:34 +0000

Amsterdam is beaming with hoisting beams. Previously I associated hoisting beams solely with old merchant’s homes, but unlike other port cities where I’ve seen them, in Amsterdam they are found not only on the old canal houses, but all over the city, including on ordinary residential buildings. Due to fifteenth […]

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Hoisting Beams: Stockholm

Areta — Fri, 18 Sep 2015 12:43:33 +0000

Many of Stockholm’s old buildings, especially in the Old Town, used to serve as storehouses/merchants’ houses, and thus remnants of the hoist systems can still be found.

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Remnants of the Past in Klosterneuburg

Areta — Mon, 10 Aug 2015 08:41:36 +0000

Traces of the past in Klosterneuburg, an ancient town right outside of Vienna. Boot Scraper Guard Stones Hoisting Beam for Lifting Goods Building Number and Conscription Number Metal Shutter

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Merchants’ Hoisting Beams in Annapolis

Areta — Fri, 08 Aug 2014 15:19:48 +0000

In the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries warehouses were built near the waterfront in Annapolis. They were used both to store goods coming into town from ships out in the Chesapeake Bay as well as to store goods like tobacco which were shipped to England. Some of these buildings have […]

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Merchants’ Hoisting Beams in Riga

Areta — Thu, 29 Aug 2013 12:12:01 +0000

Although not nearly to the same extent as in Tallinn, remnants of the merchants’ hoisting mechanisms remain on several of the medieval houses in Riga. A granary from the 18th century

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Merchants’ Hoisting Beams in Tallinn

Areta — Mon, 26 Aug 2013 11:56:42 +0000

Tallinn’s Old Town used to be an important trading city on the coast of the Baltic Sea. Fortunately, a majority of the medieval buildings have survived, including many of the merchants’ houses. The attic spaces—and sometimes several of the upper floors—of these houses were used to store the merchants’ goods. […]

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