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Sewer cover of the Kon. Nederlandse Grofsmederij

Sewer cover of the Kon. Nederlandse Grofsmederij

Michiel 2005
07 Aug 2008 213
The Nederlandse Grofsmederij was an iron works company, located in Leiden, which didn't survive the big shake-out of the manufacturing industry in the 1970s. It was founded in 1836 by a Dutch-Frenchman William Archibald Bake who (amongst other things) fought in the Russian campaign of Napoleon. In its heyday it employed around 700 men.