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204 Route 13. ANTWERP. Environs
quay, except from 12 to 2 p.m. — To the N. of the sluice are six
Cales Séches, or dry docks; the largest can accommodate a vessel
500 ft. in length.
To the N.W. of the Bassin du Kattendyk is the Bassin Lefebvre,
completed in 1887 (745 yds. long and 202 yds. wide), on the W.
side of which is a huge Grain Elevator, on the silo system, with
ingenious arrangements for loading and unloading. Adjacent is th.
Bassin America, and further to the N. are the Bassin du Canal
(620 yds. long and 270 yds. wide) and the Premiére Darse (710 yds
long and 200 yds. wide), both finished in 1906. Other harbour ex-
tensions have recently been undertaken. — The *View from the
adjoining Ecluse Militaire (beyond Pl. A, 1) conveys an excellent
idea of the enormous extent of the port and its dependencies.
To the E. of the Bassin du Kattendyk lie the Bassin aux Bois
(Pl. B, ©, 4; 550 yds. long), the Bassin de la Campine, and the
Bassin Asia (Pl. C, 4; 840 yds. long and 110 yds. wide), at which
the Canal de la Campine ends.
The Coal Tip (P1. C, 1) on the S. side of the Bassin de la Campine raises
waggons with a load of 25 tons to a height of 40 ft. and empties them
into the colliers. It can unload ten tracks per hour, but is seldom at work.
A good survey of Antwerp is obtained from Viaamsch Hoofd,
French Ste. Anne or Téte de Flandre (Pl. A, 4; *Restaurant Kur-
saal; Belvedere, farther down, unpretending, both frequented on
fine afternoons), on the left bank of the Scheldt, to which a steam-
ferry plies from the Quai Van Dyck (PI. B, 3) every 1/4 hr. (fare there
and back 30 or6c., tickets obtained under the Promenoirs). —
Pleasant walk downstream on the dyke between the Scheldt and the
polder. — Railway through the Waesland to Ghent, see pp. 89, 88.
The Srramer Trrp ro Tamise (8-5 times daily in 41/2-2 hrs., starting
from the Embarcadére, Pl. B, 3; fare4 fr. or 75 c., there & back 2 or 1 fr.)
affords a good survey of the harbour and quays, with the new petroleum
tanks to the S. of the town, and also of the industrial development of
the vicinity of Antwerp. The chief intermediate station is (1.) Hoboken
(tramway No. 4, p. 166), with the villas of Antwerp merchants, a large
ship-building yard belonging to the Cockerill Co. (p. 257), and_one of the
highest chimneys (410 ft.) in the world, belonging to the Société des
Désargentations. — JYamise (Temsche), see p. 164.
From ANTWERP TO ToRNHOUT, 33!/2 M., railway in 13/4 hr. (fares 5 fr. 20,
3 fr. 50, 2fr. 5c.). The trains start from the Central Station, with con-
nection from the South Station vid Hoboken and Wilryck. — 31/2 M. Oude
God (Vieux-Dieu); TM. Contich (see p. 164); Linth; 10'/2 M. Lierre (p. 208),
junction for Antwerp, Aerschot, and Hasselt (p. 209); Nylen; Bouwel; 23 M.
Herenthals (p. 211), the junction for Roermond (p. 212) and Louvain (p. 235) ;
Lichtaert; Thielen. — 33'/2M. Turnhout (Hot. de la Porte-@ Or, 16 R. at 21/2,
B. 3/4, D. 2 fr.), the chief town of the district, with 23,000 inhab., is a pros-
perous place, with cloth and other factories and a leech-breeding establish-
ment. The old Chdieau of the Dukes of Brabant now serves as a court
of justice anda prison. Steam-tramways run from Turnhout to the W. to
Antwerp (comp. p. 167) vid Oostmalle; to the N.W. to Hoogstraeten (p. 205)
via Merxplas (branch-line vid Ryckevyorsel to Oostmalle, see above); to the
N. to Tilburg (p. 405) vid Poppel and Lsbeek; to the E. to Lindhoven (p. 404)
vid (9/2 M.) Arendonck; to the S.E. to (43'/2 M.) Moll (p. 212); and to the
S. to Gheel (p. 211). — Beyond Turnhout the railway crosses the Dutch fron-
tier to Tilburg (see p. 455). |
