Picture History of Aug. de Meyer & Sons and the Harbour of Terneuzen
We expect to publish soon on these pages a much bigger selection of the picture collection of
NV Aug. de Meijer & Sons's Shipping-, Forwarding- and Agency Company, Terneuzen,
containing hundreds of photos covering the period 1880 - 1965.
Paul Baum
(1859 - 1932)
"Fischerboot (mit Fischer) am Landungssteg im Hafen von
Terneuzen", about 1904; colorpencil, 34 x 36,5 cm.
Paul Baum is one of the only neoimpressionists in Germany.
Born in Meissen, he started as a painter of chinaware in his
hometown, studied at the art school of Dresden and became a
painter of large and deserted landscapes. Went to Paris in
1890 and came with his impressionist friends like Pisarro
and Signac to Knokke for the summer. He traveled extensively
in Southern Italy, France and Turkey in the period 1896-1899
and visited Terneuzen during one of his summer holidays on
the Belgium coast. After the outbreak of the the war he went
back to Dresden and Willingshausen. From 1918 -1921 he was
professor in landscape painting at the Art Acadamy of
Kassel. Since 1924 he mainly stayed in San Gimignano where
he died in 1932.
source: Deutsche und Französische Kunst des 19. und
frühen 20. Jahrhunderts, 1977. Kunsthaus
Bühler,
Stuttgart.
The Harbour of Terneuzen around 1904.
The ship "Hubert", one of the barges owned by August de Meijer. A document about the life on inland navigation barges in the first decades of the 20th century. Terneuzen was and still is one of the major inland navigation centres in North-Western Europe.
The South Dock (Zuiddok) in 1938. In the background the warehoused of Aug. de Meyer & Sons, Shipping- Forwarding- and Agency Company NV.
Destruction of the warehouses during the first days of WW II in May 1940
Picture taken by Hubert de Meijer around 1955.
Barges in the South Dock (Zuiddok) around 1955.
Heavy traffic on the Canal Terneuzen-Ghent on the entrance of the Zevenaar Dock, 1972
The Terneuzense Graansilo Maatschappij was a 50/50 joint venture between Aug. de Meyer bv and Korn og Føderstoff from Aarhus, Danmark.
Grain Silos at the south side of the Zevenaar Dock
During more than 90 years Aug. de Meyer & Zonen was the agent of the Union de Remorquage et Sauvetage (URS) from Antwerp.
Tug boats at the outer harbour at the entrance of the canal
New warehouses at the North Dock, 1966.
Roll-on roll-off ship from Børe Line (Finland) to the left. Bulk carrier unloading coal in the front. Picture from 1968.
New paper- and forest products terminal at the Zevenaar Dock with roll-on roll-off jetty.
Birds view of Terneuzen harbour in 2001
See Map of the harbour
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