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Wednesday, 21 August 2013

Covers of navy yard at Rotterdam, Netherlands broken up according to the Dutch newspaper Zierikzeesche Nieuwsbode dated 22 September 1851

An item dated Rotterdam the 19th reported that the breaking up of the covers was nearly completed. The profits were just around 16.000 Dutch guilders. The building costs of the last cover built (in 1830) was 80.000 guilders and the costs of all covers together around 500.000 guilders.