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Houtdok (Ostend)

Belgium / West-Flandern / Ostend

Houtdok and Zwaaidok. Belong with the Vlotdok to the "New Commercial Docks", the current Trade Port, conducted as part of an expansion of the port from 1898 to 1914. 1906: south of the Zwaaidok is applied a marshalling yard.
1932-1936: construction of new goods station south of the docks. Houtdok of Vlotdok separated by a movable wooden bridge, replaced in 2000 by two new identical drawbridges; Zwaaidok directly linked Houtdok.
Houtdok dimensions: 575 m length, 90 m width 8.25 m depth. 300 m quay along the Houtdok used as port land, equipped with train tracks and the roads.
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Coordinates:   51°13'10"N   2°56'30"E
This article was last modified 9 years ago