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30-857: Kromhout Museum is located on the Nieuwe Vaart. On this site, the Westkap is still used as a shipyard, but the Oosthal is furnished as a museum. The Oosterkerk is also on the Nieuwe Vaart. From the Kattenburgerplein, in front of the Maritime Museum , the canal runs in a southeastern direction between the Oostelijke Eilanden (Eastern Islands) on the north side and the Kadijken on the south side. Along this section of

60-457: A museum. The next director was Pauline Krikke , the former mayor of Arnhem and a prominent member of the VVD , a centre-right political party that was senior partner in the second Rutte cabinet . Krikke came into conflict with the management team of the museum and the "Raad van Toezicht" (Board of Supervision) concerning a perceived lack of communication. During a confrontation on 15 November 2015,

90-715: A planned city and neighborhood of the large community Pudong , Shanghai , People's Republic of China at 31°20′25″N 121°34′22″E  /  31.340236°N 121.572857°E  / 31.340236; 121.572857 , next to another replica of the Hofwijck . The museum is housed in a former naval storehouse, 's Lands Zeemagazijn or Admiraliteits Magazijn , designed by the Dutch architect Daniël Stalpaert and constructed in 1656. The museum moved to this building in 1973. After an extensive renovation in 2007–2011, Het Scheepvaartmuseum reopened on 2 October 2011. The museum

120-483: A street changes name four times from northwest to southeast: Kattenburgerplein - Kattenburgergracht - Wittenburgergracht - Oostenburgergracht, which together they form the Eilandboulevard. A series of discontinuous streets including, Nieuwevaart and Kruithuisstraat, run along the south side. Nieuwevaart 5-9 is the headquarters of the municipal Transport and Transport Infrastructure Department. The western end of

150-672: A surviving copy of the first edition of Maximilianus Transylvanus ' work, De Moluccis Insulis , the first to describe Ferdinand Magellan 's voyage around the world. Moored outside the museum is a replica of the Amsterdam , an 18th-century ship which sailed between the Netherlands and the East Indies . The replica was built in 1985–1990. A smaller replica of the building is part of the Dutch Village Gaoqiao ,

180-418: Is always mobile, because the rope, when sufficiently twisted, starts to form at one end and the guide then has to run back towards the drive end, guiding the twist into place: this can be a very fast action, once sufficient twist is in place. The runner is in general somewhat melon-shaped, with grooves in it designed to guide the strands of the rope into place as they form, and sometimes a hollow centre to allow

210-402: Is often achieved at much lower weight and size. The essence of a ropewalk, where this spinning is achieved, is a drive mechanism at one end of the walk, a "donkey" guide in the middle, which helps the ropemaker bring the strands together, and a fixing point at the far end. One end or the other is mobile, because the twisting shortens the constituent parts of the rope, and the runner in the middle

240-629: The Corderie Royale , is also maintained as a museum within the Centre International de la Mer . In the 18th Century, Malta and Port Mahon , on the island of Menorca , both had open-air ropewalks. In Boston in the Massachusetts Colony , some early rope making businesses were called 'ropewalks'. An important industry in an active port city, documentation of many of their locations can be found on maps of

270-919: The Singelgracht ) and continues eastwards along the Cruquiskade and the Zeeburgerpad before reaching the Zeeburgersluis, which provides access to the Amsterdam–Rhine Canal . This eastern part of the Nieuwe Vaart runs parallel to the Lozingskanaal and forms the southern boundary of the Eastern Docklands (Oostelijk Havengebied). Along the western part of the canal, on the north side (on the Eastern Islands),

300-552: The Netherlands in 2013. The museum had 300,000 visitors in 2015. In 2017 the museum received 350,000 visitors. The museum is dedicated to maritime history and contains many artefacts associated with shipping and sailing . The collection contains, among other things, paintings, scale models, weapons and world maps. The paintings depict Dutch naval officers such as Michiel de Ruyter and historical sea battles. The map collection includes works by 17th-century cartographers Willem Blaeu and his son Joan Blaeu . The museum also has

330-707: The Nieuwe Vaart is marked by the Kattenburgerbrug, which connects the Prins Hendrikkade with the Kattenburgerplein. Halfway along the western part of the canal is a pedestrian bridge called the Overhaalsgang. The Dageraadsbrug, part of a busy traffic square, carries Amsterdam Tram Line 7 across the canal. There are three bridges across the eastern part of the Nieuwe Vaart: Brug 1966, Slachthuisbrug and Ad Grimmonbrug. Just west of

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360-479: The Nieuwe Vaart to the Entrepotdok on 30 June. A group of women followed the barge and started throwing stones, at which mounted police started shooting in the air. The western part of the Nieuwe Vaart has been used for shipbuilding and repair since the 17th century. With the arrival of steamships in the second half of the 19th century, more and more port activities were relocated there. The Nieuwe Vaart became

390-532: The Nieuwe Vaart would disappear. The canal has a number of notable historical buildings on it. The Oostkerk, a former 17th-century brick church, which now serves as a concert hall for contemporary and classical music; the Kromhout shipyard museum, which dates back to the 18th century, and the Admiraliteitslijnbaan, a 17th-century building, which is now a convention centre, but originally served as

420-611: The Slachthuisbrug, a railway bridge for the Eastern Railway line between Amsterdam Centraal station and Amsterdam Muiderpoort railway station crosses the canal. The Nieuwe Vaart was created in the 17th century when the island of Kattenburg was built outside the dykes. The island crossed so much of the IJ that silting problems arose. The Nieuwe Vaart canal was dug in 1649 to ensure a good flow of water. Originally there

450-773: The canal, the waterway is met from the north by the Kattenburgervaart and Wittenburgervaart via culverts , and from the south by the Entrepotdok via the Entrepotdoksluis . Just west of the Entrepotdoksluis is floodgate (Nieuwe Vaartbemaling) which can be closed to block high water from the IJ . At the Dageraadsbrug, the Nieuwe Vaart has a short connection with the Lozingskanaal (a extension of

480-414: The construction, to hold each other together. From a single strand, much like wool, which can easily be torn apart, putting several together forms a line, which is far stronger. That can similarly be repeated time and again, producing a very strong rope, at the cost of weight and size. More modern fibres are likewise spun together for the same reasons, but because they are inherently stronger, similar strength

510-759: The dockyard) in the Christianshavn neighbourhood of Copenhagen , Denmark . From the late 17th century, the ropewalk on the Swedish island of Lindholmen was a key component of the Karlskrona Naval Base producing rope up to 300 metres in length for the cordage of warships . Although production ceased in 1960, the elaborately designed facility is now open to the public with exhibitions and demonstrations of ropemaking. A similarly scaled facility in Rochefort, Charente-Maritime , France, called

540-477: The feed of a central core into the rope: the central core is not normally twisted. When a twisted rope or cord is used as a strand, it is spun in the opposite direction to the "handedness" of the strand (i.e. a strand which has been spun together anti-clockwise is twisted in a clockwise direction when it is spun into a larger rope, and vice versa). Because of the very great weight of such lengths of natural fibre, other support trestles are also sometimes used to keep

570-678: The front building of the ropewalk of the Admiralty of Amsterdam and reputedly housed Peter the Great when he was studying shipbuilding in Amsterdam. Nederlands Scheepvaartmuseum The Maritime Museum ( Dutch : Het Scheepvaartmuseum , pronounced [ət ˈsxeːpfaːrtmyˌzeːjʏm] ) is a maritime museum in Amsterdam in the Netherlands. The museum had 419,060 visitors in 2012. It ranked as 11th most visited museum in

600-523: The harbor basin for all large ships so that most yards made way for warehouses. The Nieuwe Vaart Association was established in January 2011. This association represents the interests of the residents of houseboats in the western part of the Nieuwe Vaart. The association was founded by houseboat residents as a result of redevelopment plans by the Centrum district , where most of the berths for houseboats in

630-589: The lanes where this work once took place. Cable Street in London started as a straight path along which hemp ropes were twisted into ships' cables (i.e. ropes). The ropewalk at Chatham Dockyard (as part of the Ropery or Ropehouse) is still producing rope commercially and has an internal length of 1,135 feet (346 m). When it was constructed in 1790, it was the longest brick building in Europe. Before steam power

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660-574: The management team expressed its lack of confidence in Krikke, who resigned. The former director of the Rembrandt House Museum , Michael Huijser, was appointed as the new director of the museum. Ropewalk A ropewalk is a long straight narrow lane , or a covered pathway, where long strands of material are laid before being twisted into rope . Due to the length of some ropewalks, workers may use bicycles to get from one end to

690-519: The other. Many ropewalks were in the open air, while others were covered only by roofs. Ropewalks historically frequently caught fire, as hemp dust ignites easily and burns fiercely. Rope was essential in sailing ships and the standard length for a British Naval Rope was 1,000 feet (300 m). A sailing ship such as HMS  Victory required 31 miles (50 km) of rope. Natural fibres are short in length, and so have to be twisted together into different fibres, starting at different points along

720-704: The period. A granite structure formerly used for US Navy lines remains in the Charlestown Navy Yard , but has been converted to housing. The Charlestown Ropewalk is claimed to be the only standing ropewalk in the United States. A relocated partial ropewalk originally from Plymouth is on display at the Mystic Seaport Museum . Jalan Pintal Tali, which is in one of the older, central parts of George Town, Penang , Malaysia , literally means "rope-twisting street". In Toronto ,

750-513: The renovation of 2011, departed after a tenure of 18 years. The museum was criticised for having become too commercial for a cultural institution and having been turned into an amusement park. The "Raad van Cultuur" — a government board that monitors cultural activity in the Netherlands and advises the government on subsidies for museums — judged that the Scheepvaartmuseum had focused too much on entertainment and not enough on its task as

780-422: The standard ropewalk, shortening the length of the walk as the runner becomes static, and the feed end becomes far more complex as it has to spin in one direction whilst laying the rope in the other. Although further waterproofing and armoured coatings are normal, the core of the rope is similar to the description. Downtown Liverpool 's bohemian RopeWalks district takes its name from this practice and consists of

810-407: The weight off the ground, where the friction might overcome the strength of the equipment. Other lubrication has sometimes been used to assist the process. Very long cables, such as those used for long-distance undersea communications , have more complex structures, but nonetheless start with similar elements. Because the distances involved are far greater, a more continuous flow process replaces

840-448: Was formerly called Nederlands Scheepvaartmuseum Amsterdam (Netherlands Maritime Museum Amsterdam). It was renamed to Het Scheepvaartmuseum (The Maritime Museum). In 2013, there was a deadly shooting incident during the "Waterfront" festivity at the museum. For the next three months, the museum was not allowed to rent out its space. After 2013, the number of visitors started to decline and director Willem Bijleveld, who had supervised

870-427: Was introduced in 1836, it took over 200 men to form and close a cable laid rope of 20 inches (51 cm) circumference . The rope walk is used to form and close the rope, these being the final stages in rope making. Before this the raw hemp , manila hemp or sisal has to be hatchelled , spun into yarn , and tarred . In the early 17th century, Peter Appleby constructed a 980-foot long (300 m) ropewalk (for

900-596: Was only one bridge over the Nieuwe Vaart to the Eastern Islands. By lifting this Kattenburger bridge, the residents could shut themselves off from the outside world. This came in handy with the Bijltjesoproer , a riot in 1787 by Orangist ship carpenters in Kattenburg against the patriot city council. The Nieuwe Vaart also played a role in the 1917 Potato riots . A barge with potatoes was sent via

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