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Netherlands Harbour Works dredger-Taikoo Dockyard

Submitted by IDJ on Sun, 2019-12-01 23:27

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):

1937

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Wesselingh family archives: Xiamen (Amoy) bronze bowl, found 1938

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Sun, 2019-11-17 05:51

Jan Wesselingh was an employee of Netherlands Harbour Works Co. from Amsterdam, working in Guangzhou (Canton) before WWII and in Hong Kong after WWII. I was brought in contact with two of his sons by Theodor A.R. Strauss, 1988-1993 secretary of Nederlandse Reünisten Vereniging China (NRCV, Dutch Reunists Association China), of which Jan Wesselingh was a member.

According to tradition, this bronze bowl was found during dredging works by Netherlands Harbour Works Co. in Xiamen in 1938. The bowl has a flat surface and lettering or symbols at the bottom (3 photos). <Read more ...>

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):

1938

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Wesselingh family archives: Xiamen (Amoy) bronze bowl, found 1938

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Sun, 2019-11-17 05:48

Jan Wesselingh was an employee of Netherlands Harbour Works Co. from Amsterdam, working in Guangzhou (Canton) before WWII and in Hong Kong after WWII. I was brought in contact with two of his sons by Theodor A.R. Strauss, 1988-1993 secretary of Nederlandse Reünisten Vereniging China (NRCV, Dutch Reunists Association China), of which Jan Wesselingh was a member.

According to tradition, this bronze bowl was found during dredging works by Netherlands Harbour Works Co. in Xiamen in 1938. The bowl has a flat surface and lettering or symbols at the bottom (3 photos). <Read more ...>

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):

1938

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Wesselingh family archives: Xiamen (Amoy) bronze bowl, found 1938

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Sun, 2019-11-17 05:47

Jan Wesselingh was an employee of Netherlands Harbour Works Co. from Amsterdam, working in Guangzhou (Canton) before WWII and in Hong Kong after WWII. I was brought in contact with two of his sons by Theodor A.R. Strauss, 1988-1993 secretary of Nederlandse Reünisten Vereniging China (NRCV, Dutch Reunists Association China), of which Jan Wesselingh was a member.

According to tradition, this bronze bowl was found during dredging works by Netherlands Harbour Works Co. in Xiamen in 1938. The bowl has a flat surface and lettering or symbols at the bottom (3 photos). <Read more ...>

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):

1938

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Harbour view postcard - early 1900s

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Wesselingh family archive: dredger "Portugal" in Hong Kong, Causeway Bay Reclamation, 1953

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Sun, 2019-10-06 14:34

Jan Wesselingh was an employee of Netherlands Harbour Works Co. from Amsterdam, working in Guangzhou (Canton) before WWII and in Hong Kong after WWII. I was brought in contact with two of his sons by Theodor A.R. Strauss, 1988-1993 secretary of Nederlandse Reünisten Vereniging China (NRCV, Dutch Reunists Association China), of which Jan Wesselingh was a member.

Can you recognise the background? There is a typical pagoda on the left.

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Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):

1953

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Wesselingh family archives: figurines showing Eight immortal fairies (Pat Sin Leng), ca 1937

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Sun, 2019-10-06 04:09

Jan Wesselingh was an employee of Netherlands Harbour Works Co. from Amsterdam, working in Guangzhou (Canton) before WWII and in Hong Kong after WWII. I was brought in contact with two of his sons by Theodor A.R. Strauss, 1988-1993 secretary of Nederlandse Reünisten Vereniging China (NRCV, Dutch Reunists Association China), of which Jan Wesselingh was a member.

Can you please help to find out more about the meaning of the figurines?

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Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):

1937

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Wesselingh family archives: Huangpu District, Guangzhou, 1938

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Sun, 2019-10-06 04:06

Jan Wesselingh was an employee of Netherlands Harbour Works Co. from Amsterdam, working in Guangzhou (Canton) before WWII and in Hong Kong after WWII. I was brought in contact with two of his sons by Theodor A.R. Strauss, 1988-1993 secretary of Nederlandse Reünisten Vereniging China (NRCV, Dutch Reunists Association China), of which Jan Wesselingh was a member.

More narrative will follow.

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Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):

1938

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Wesselingh family archives: wedding photo Jan and Mieke Wesselingh, The Netherlands, 1936

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Sun, 2019-10-06 04:04

After contacting Theodor A.R. Strauss, 1988-1993 secretary of Nederlandse Reünisten Vereniging China (NRCV, Dutch Reunists Association China) about a detail I found about works performed for Hong Kong Kai Tak airport in 1927 by Netherlands Harbour Works Co., he brought me in contact with two sons of an engineer who worked for the company in the 1930s to 1960s. The eldest son of Jan and Mieke Wesselingh, Hans (J.A.) Wesselingh, had written a document about the story of their parents in China and the younger son Rob Wesselingh sent me additional information via e-mail. <Read more ...>

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):

1936

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Netherlands Harbour Works Co.: Blockyard at Hong Kong, ca. 1925

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Sat, 2019-09-28 14:11

Dear reader,

From the International Institute of Social History in Amsterdam archives, here is a photo from a brochure by Netherlands Harbour Works Co. showing the construction of a quaywall at Hong Kong, ca. 1925.

I would be happy to receive comments on this photo: location, etc.

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):

1925

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Netherlands Harbour Works dredger-Taikoo Dockyard

Wesselingh family archives: Xiamen (Amoy) bronze bowl, found 1938

Wesselingh family archives: Xiamen (Amoy) bronze bowl, found 1938

Wesselingh family archives: Xiamen (Amoy) bronze bowl, found 1938

Harbour view postcard - early 1900s

Wesselingh family archive: dredger "Portugal" in Hong Kong, Causeway Bay Reclamation, 1953

Wesselingh family archives: figurines showing Eight immortal fairies (Pat Sin Leng), ca 1937

Wesselingh family archives: Huangpu District, Guangzhou, 1938

Wesselingh family archives: wedding photo Jan and Mieke Wesselingh, The Netherlands, 1936

Netherlands Harbour Works Co.: Blockyard at Hong Kong, ca. 1925

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