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31-717: The Gouden Bocht (English: "Golden Bend") is the most prestigious part of the Herengracht in Amsterdam , Netherlands , between Leidsestraat and Vijzelstraat. Until 1663 the Herengracht reached as far as the present Leidsegracht . From that year on, the fortifications around Amsterdam were expanded, within the Herengracht, the Keizersgracht and the Prinsengracht which were expanded. The digging ended at
62-499: A computer and specialized software , including optimisation on haul cost and not haul distance (as haul cost is not proportional to haul distance). Earthwork software is generally a subset of CAD software, in which case it often an add-on to a more general CAD package such as AutoCAD . In that case, earthwork software is principally used to calculate cut and fill volumes which are then used for producing material and time estimates. Most products offer additional functionality such as
93-567: A fourth, outer canal, the Singelgracht , for purposes of defense and water management. The plan also envisaged interconnecting canals along radii; a set of parallel canals in the Jordaan quarter (primarily for the transportation of goods, for example, beer); the conversion of an existing, inner perimeter canal (Singel) from a defensive purpose to residential and commercial development; and more than one hundred bridges. The defensive purpose of
124-777: A national daily newspaper. Kloveniersburgwal is a canal running south from Nieuwmarkt to the Amstel River on the edge of the medieval city. The east side became populated in the 17th century and has a few grand mansions, like the Trippenhuis , now housing the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW). Kloveniersburgwal was popular with administrators at the Dutch East India Company , being close to its nerve center on Oude Hoogstraat and its warehouse. These four canals are
155-566: A small private-museum, the Kattenkabinet (Herengracht 497). This North Holland location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Canals of Amsterdam#Herengracht Amsterdam , capital of the Netherlands , has more than 100 kilometers (62 mi) of grachten ( canals ), about 90 islands and 1,500 bridges . The three main canals (Herengracht, Prinsengracht and Keizersgracht), dug in
186-634: Is known as having the prettiest facades. Herengracht 466, on the corner of the Nieuwe Spiegelstraat was designed by Philip Vingboons and from 1858 until 1926 the office of the Dutch Trade-Society. On the other corner (Herengracht 464) was the office of former lawyer Bram Moszkowicz . The Golden Bend is now mainly made up of banks and other financial institutions, some cultural institutions, like Goethe Institute , as well as
217-561: Is named after the heren regeerders who governed the city in the 16th and 17th centuries. The most fashionable part is called the Golden Bend , with many double wide mansions, inner gardens and coach houses on Keizersgracht. Samuel Sarphati (1813–1868) lived at the house at number 598 and Peter the Great stayed at the house at number 527 during his second visit to Amsterdam. Keizersgracht (literal English translation: Emperor's Canal)
248-548: Is the bicycle. Each year, between 12,000 and 15,000 bicycles are pulled out of the canals in what is colloquially referred to as 'bike fishing' ( fietsen vissen ). While swimming in the canals is not officially encouraged, locals now swim each year in a number of locations around the city. Furthermore, since 2012, the Amsterdam City Swim has been held yearly to raise money for ALS research. In it, volunteers swim from Nieuwe Herengracht to Keizersgracht. However,
279-401: Is the second and widest of the three major canals in the city centre of Amsterdam, in between Herengracht and Prinsengracht. It is named after Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor . John Adams stayed at the house at number 529, Heinrich Schliemann worked for almost three years at number 71, Daniel Fahrenheit at 463–465, and during his first visit to Amsterdam (1693), Peter the Great stayed at
310-508: Is usually used due to the amounts of material to be moved — up to millions of cubic metres. Earthwork construction was revolutionized by the development of the ( Fresno ) scraper and other earth-moving machines such as the loader , the dump truck , the grader , the bulldozer , the backhoe , and the dragline excavator . Engineers need to concern themselves with issues of geotechnical engineering (such as soil density and strength) and with quantity estimation to ensure that soil volumes in
341-646: The Muntplein square, where it meets the Amstel river. It is now the inner-most canal in Amsterdam's semicircular ring of canals. The canal should not be confused with Singelgracht canal, which became the outer limit of the city during the Dutch Golden Age in the 17th century. Herengracht (Patricians' Canal or Lords' Canal) is the first of the three major canals in the city centre of Amsterdam. The canal
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#1732801839649372-426: The cuts match those of the fills , while minimizing the distance of movement. In the past, these calculations were done by hand using a slide rule and with methods such as Simpson's rule . Earthworks cost is a function of hauled amount x hauled distance. The goal of mass haul planning is to determine these amounts and the goal of mass haul optimization is to minimize either or both. Now they can be performed with
403-591: The 17th century during the Dutch Golden Age , form concentric belts around the city, known as the Grachtengordel . Alongside the main canals are 1550 monumental buildings . The 17th-century canal ring area, including the Prinsengracht, Keizersgracht, Herengracht and Jordaan, were listed as UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2010, contributing to Amsterdam's fame as the " Venice of the North ". Much of
434-541: The Amsterdam canal system is the successful outcome of city planning . In the early part of the 17th century, with immigration rising, a comprehensive plan was put together, calling for four main, concentric half-circles of canals with their ends resting on the IJ Bay. Known as the "grachtengordel", three of the canals are mostly for residential development (Herengracht or ‘’Patricians' Canal’’; Keizersgracht or ‘’Emperor's Canal’’; and Prinsengracht or ‘’Prince's Canal’’), and
465-488: The Nassau/Stadhouderskade was served by moat and earthen dikes , with gates at transit points but otherwise no masonry superstructures . Construction proceeded from west to east, across the breadth of the layout, like a gigantic windshield wiper as the historian Geert Mak calls it – not from the center outwards as a popular myth has it. Construction of the north-western sector was started in 1613 and
496-820: The West and the Weteringbuurt on the East side. Notable buildings along Prinsengracht include the Noorderkerk (Northern Church), the Noordermarkt (Northern Market), Anne Frank House , and the Westerkerk (Western Church, Amsterdam's tallest church). Annually, the Prinsengrachtconcert is held on a pontoon in the canal in front of Hotel Pulitzer . Zwanenburgwal is a canal and street in
527-668: The ability to takeoff terrain elevation from plans (using contour lines and spot heights ); produce shaded cut and fill maps; produce cross sections and visualize terrain in 3D. The means by which volumes are calculated in software can differ quite considerably leading to potentially different results with the same input data. Many software products use methods based on triangulated irregular networks (TINS) and triangular prism volume algorithms, however other calculation methods are in use based on rationalizing elevations into high density grids or cross-sections. A few programs are specialised in earthworks transport optimization and planning
558-663: The beaten path of most tourists. Nine ornate metal bridges, designed by artist couple Guy Rombouts and Monika Droste, cross the canals for pedestrians and cyclists. Shared locally with other region/s and with Germany and Denmark Earthworks (engineering) Earthworks are engineering works created through the processing of parts of the earth's surface involving quantities of soil or unformed rock . An incomplete list of possible temporary or permanent geotechnical shoring structures that may be designed and utilised as part of earthworks: Excavation may be classified by type of material: Excavation may be classified by
589-473: The canal. Further attempts to improve the water quality in recent years have included legislation prohibiting houseboats from releasing waste water into the canals. As of 2018, all houseboats are required to be connected to the sewage system, though this is not expected to be achieved until 2021. As of August 2018, more than 50 house boats were still releasing their sewage into the canals. Another source of water pollution, particular to Dutch transport patterns,
620-436: The center of Amsterdam . The painter Rembrandt and philosopher Spinoza lived here. In 2006 it was voted one of the most beautiful streets in Amsterdam by readers of Het Parool , a local daily newspaper. Zwanenburgwal flows from Sint Antoniessluis sluice gate (between the streets Sint Antoniesbreestraat and Jodenbreestraat ) to the Amstel river. The canal was originally named Verversgracht ("dyers' canal"), after
651-457: The city and of the urban area are polders , recognizable by their postfix -meer meaning 'lake', such as Aalsmeer , Bijlmermeer , Haarlemmermeer , and Watergraafsmeer . The canals in Amsterdam are now used for tourism, recreation, houseboats , and a relatively small amount of private transport compared to the main modes of walking, light rail, subway, and bicycle. Most of the canals are paralleled by automobile roads on both sides. Through
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#1732801839649682-508: The curve, by the Nieuwe Spiegelstraat, lived Amsterdam's richest citizens, and so this part of the belt of canals was named the "Golden Bend" in recent history. At number 446 is the Huis van der Graeff built by burgomaster Andries de Graeff in 1672. In 2008, the two fashion designers Viktor Horsting and Rolf Snoeren, who trade as Viktor & Rolf , bought the house. The house of the family De Neufville (1731), located at Herengracht 475 and 476,
713-593: The house at number 317. The Homomonument (Gay Monument) faces the Keizersgracht. Prinsengracht (Prince's Canal) is the fourth and the longest of the main canals in Amsterdam. It is named after the Prince of Orange . Most of the canal houses along it were built during the Dutch Golden Age of the United Provinces . The bridges over the Prinsengracht canal connect with the streets in the Jordaan in
744-467: The mid-19th century, the water in the canals was stagnant and unsanitary, full of garbage, dead fish and feces. To remedy this, in 1879 the steam-powered pump station Gemaal Zeeburg was built to flush the canals out using water from Zuiderzee . Conditions were further improved in 1935 when the inner city was first connected to the sewer system, though the Grachtengordel was not fully connected until 1987. Up until this point, houses released wastewater into
775-536: The newest in Amsterdam, constructed on Java Island in 1995, a manmade island in the IJ Harbor , north-east of the City Center. The canals are lined with modern interpretations of classic Amsterdam canal houses, which were designed by 19 young Dutch architects. Each house is 4.5 meters wide and 4 or 5 stories tall, but the designs are totally unique and are often featured in Amsterdam travel guides despite being off
806-678: The purpose: Typical earthworks include road construction , railway beds , causeways , dams , levees , canals , and berms . Other common earthworks are land grading to reconfigure the topography of a site, or to stabilize slopes. In military engineering , earthworks are, more specifically, types of fortifications constructed from soil. Although soil is not very strong, it is cheap enough that huge quantities can be used, generating formidable structures. Examples of older earthwork fortifications include moats , sod walls , motte-and-bailey castles, and hill forts . Modern examples include trenches and berms . Heavy construction equipment
837-408: The river Amstel within a few years. The buyers on the Herengracht were encouraged to buy two lots and built double-wide mansions, and because the three canals here were laid out a little further from each other, and the lots were also deeper. On these large lots, the well-to-do placed their city-palaces with classicist facades, stuccoed ceilings, and fine gardens, once a year open to the public. In
868-461: The ships inventories. Likewise some officials of the Dutch East India Company lived here such as their cartographer (1708–1743) Isaak de Graaf . Breweries were also prevalent in the area due to the access to fresh water shipments. Today the warehouses are now apartments, some of the most expensive in Amsterdam. Houseboats also are seen in the canal. In 2007, Brouwersgracht was voted the most beautiful street in Amsterdam by readers of Het Parool ,
899-436: The swimming part of the event was canceled in 2018 due to high levels of E. coli found in the water due to heavy rains the preceding weeks which overloaded the sewer system. Inward to outward, the canals are as follows: Singel encircled the medieval city of Amsterdam. It served as a moat around the city from 1480 until 1585, when Amsterdam expanded beyond Singel. The canal runs from the IJ Bay, near Central Station , to
930-518: The textile industry that once dominated this part of town. Dyed textiles were hung to dry along the canal. Brouwersgracht is a canal in the city centre of Amsterdam and is part of the canal belt connecting the Singel, Herengracht, Keizergracht and Prinsengracht and marks the northern border of the canal belt. The canal served as a site for ships returning from Asia with spices and silks, therefore Brouwersgracht had many warehouses and storage depots for
961-582: Was finished around 1625. After 1664, building in the southern sector was started, although slowly because of an economic depression. The eastern part of the concentric canal plan, covering the area between the Amstel river and the IJ Bay, was not implemented for a long time. In the following centuries, the land went mostly for park, the Botanical garden , old age homes, theaters and other public facilities – and for waterways without much plan. Several parts of