Historic shipyard C.A.Meerman

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   In September I visited the city of Arnemuiden in Zeeland, Teh Netherlands. I visited the historic shipyard C.A.Meerman.

The yard was originally established in 1763, then bought in 1786 by Jacobus Meerman, the first of seven generations of owners. In the 19th. century the yard grew substantially and by the early 20th century it  boasted  3 slipways and two buildings.

In 1986 its last owner, C.A. Meerman, by then 71 years old, closed its doors,  unsure what to do with the premises, which were by then outdated and in poor shape.  In 2003 he ‘sold’ the yard and its contents to the municipality of Middelburg, for the symbolic sum of €1.00. But he stipulated three conditions: 1. the yard should be restored and preserved; 2. it should  open to the public as a museum; 3. Sunday rest should be preserved.

I visited on a Wednesday  

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All with the Sony A7r4 and Sony FE 20/1.8G.