Michiel 2005's photos with the keyword: straatrooster

Drain cover of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Grofsmederij

Drain cover of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Grofsme…

Michiel 2005
20 Apr 2009 159
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. Here is a picture of the workshop of the Grofsmederij: www.flickr.com/photos/95306653@N00/2212827614 / Grofsmederij is a composite noun consisting of "grof" meaning coarse or rough, opposite of fine, and "smederij" meaning smithy or foundry. So the company made the big stuff, not fine ironwork.
Drain cover of 1935

Drain cover of 1935

Michiel 2005
10 May 2009 161
Utrecht
Drain cover of De Globe

Drain cover of De Globe

Michiel 2005
01 May 2009 135
Old design.
Drain cover of H.E. van der Heide of Leiden

Drain cover of H.E. van der Heide of Leiden

Michiel 2005
01 May 2009 158
The only information I can find about H.E. van der Heide is that in 1911 it was located in the Nieuwstraat 2, and that is was the sole representative of Jaarsma's safe deposit boxes. See picture GN005419 in the regional archive of Leiden .
Drain cover of H.E. van der Heide of Leiden

Drain cover of H.E. van der Heide of Leiden

Michiel 2005
01 May 2009 137
The only information I can find about H.E. van der Heide is that in 1911 it was located in the Nieuwstraat 2, and that is was the sole representative of Jaarsma's safe deposit boxes. See picture GN005419 in the regional archive of Leiden .
Small drain cover of the Grofsmederij

Small drain cover of the Grofsmederij

Michiel 2005
06 Apr 2009 196
This one looks like a face. 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. Here is a picture of the workshop of the Grofsmederij: www.flickr.com/photos/95306653@N00/2212827614 / Grofsmederij is a composite noun consisting of "grof" meaning coarse or rough, opposite of fine, and "smederij" meaning smithy or foundry. So the company made the big stuff, not fine ironwork. More of my pics of the drain covers of the Grofsmederij: www.flickr.com/search/?q=grofsmederij&w=39839593@N00 and everywhere on flickr: www.flickr.com/search/?q=grofsmederij&w=all
Small drain cover of the Grofsmederij

Small drain cover of the Grofsmederij

Michiel 2005
06 Apr 2009 245
This one looks like a face. 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. Here is a picture of the workshop of the Grofsmederij: www.flickr.com/photos/95306653@N00/2212827614 / Grofsmederij is a composite noun consisting of "grof" meaning coarse or rough, opposite of fine, and "smederij" meaning smithy or foundry. So the company made the big stuff, not fine ironwork. More of my pics of the drain covers of the Grofsmederij: www.flickr.com/search/?q=grofsmederij&w=39839593@N00 and everywhere on flickr: www.flickr.com/search/?q=grofsmederij&w=all
Drain cover of Th. Thyssen & Zn (Thyssen & Sons) of Tegelen

Drain cover of Th. Thyssen & Zn (Thyssen & Sons) o…

Michiel 2005
06 Apr 2009 189
Thijssen is still in business, but it hasn't got a website.