Untitled  1878

Ships of the Netherlands Steamship Company (NSM) first began using the North Sea Canal in 1879, the new link between Amsterdam’s harbour and the North Sea. In this scene, a tug leads a frigate through the locks at IJmuiden into the open sea. The voyage to Batavia took only three weeks by steamer, compared to the five months that a sailing vessel required. [br] On 19 Novem...