Nijverheid, Geelgietersstraat 6

English translation

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Description

BUILDING II: erected in 1911 from yellow Frisian stone and orange-red (ornamental) stone, a building with (only as regards the exterior) what might be called a basilical arrangement, consisting of two storeys comprising a central building block under with Frisian wave-pattern pan tile-covered gabled roof with substantial overhang and sagging fascia board with worked latticework and, on either side, a single-storey flat-roofed wing; at the rear of the main block a likewise single-storey flat-roofed block. The entire building equipped with a large number of arched windows with cast-iron glazing division; executed in orange-red ornamental stone 1-brick hog's back comb and profiled brick windowsills; in the gable tops a round window with cast-iron lattice facing and a rectangular light arched window with cast-iron tracery at the rear; doors; cast-iron ornamental anchors; staple anchors; neat gutters; on the front facade the years 1854 and 1911; the round-laid chimney was except for the basement demolished during the restoration in 1984/85.

The interior contains the coke and gas furnaces of the former foundry and machinery of the grinding mill, sanding mill and polishing shop, for which purpose the storey floor of the central block is constructed with heavy trough vaults resting on I-section profiles.