GreyC Posted 30 January Share Posted 30 January With reagard to Mons in my previous post... have a look here. Doesn´t look too different from the photo in question. https://www.telemb.be/emission/cest-notre-histoire/cest-notre-histoire-aux-origines-du-canal-de-mons-conde/31635 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wexflyer Posted 30 January Share Posted 30 January 23 minutes ago, AOK4 said: You can think what you want. I stick to my point (and I have quite a bit of experience with identifying WWI German pictures). Jan Then make points that make sense. Saying that "the river is too narrow" does not rule out Antwerp, which is what I pointed out. Saying that the type of crane shown in the photo was not present in Antwerp is a more convincing argument to put forward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AOK4 Posted 30 January Share Posted 30 January I believe pic 2 and 3 may show the harbour of Roeselare (Roulers). Jan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AOK4 Posted 31 January Share Posted 31 January @4thGordons I have received confirmation from a collector of Roeselare (postcards etc) that the two pictures (2 and 3) are indeed Roeselare. Jan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 31 January Share Posted 31 January roselaere hafen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerchantOldSalt Posted 31 January Share Posted 31 January This picture is the Willem Dok in Antwerp, the circled houses appear in a photo of the next door Bonaparte Dok, from a Port of Antwerp website The photo was taken from the Godefriduskaai and this is how it looks today courtesy of Google Street view, the small building to the left of the circled houses is still there, though minus its original roof. Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4thGordons Posted 31 January Author Share Posted 31 January Wow -- thank you all! Amazing contributions from everyone. Apologies for my delayed response work has been a little hectic and I am just now able to review these. I will annotate the pictures notes accordingly for the future. Again, very many thanks to everyone. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerchantOldSalt Posted 31 January Share Posted 31 January The outer of the two laid up ships is the SS ATTO another Roland Line ship which spent the war in Antwerp. Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niko Posted 16 February Share Posted 16 February I might be wrong but I have a gut feeling that both picture 2 and 3 are taken in Merksem, at the old Kempisch Kanaal, now long gone and replaced by the Albert Canal. I have here a few old pictures, it seems like the photos might have been taken in the bend at the background of the photos, as there the canal is narrower. Some other things on the picture that are relevant: the railway line at one side the stone wall on one side and grassy at the other side the type of buildings. Of course, your guess is as good as mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AOK4 Posted 16 February Share Posted 16 February (edited) 11 minutes ago, Niko said: I might be wrong but I have a gut feeling that both picture 2 and 3 are taken in Merksem, at the old Kempisch Kanaal, now long gone and replaced by the Albert Canal. I have here a few old pictures, it seems like the photos might have been taken in the bend at the background of the photos, as there the canal is narrower. Some other things on the picture that are relevant: the railway line at one side the stone wall on one side and grassy at the other side the type of buildings. Of course, your guess is as good as mine. Sorry Niko, but it has been 100% certainly established that those pics were taken in Roeselare. Even the crane serial numbers correspond with known pictures of Roeselare. Edited 16 February by AOK4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niko Posted 16 February Share Posted 16 February 1 minute ago, AOK4 said: Sorry Niko, but it has been 100% certainly established that those pics were taken in Roeselare. Even the crane serial numbers correspond with known pictures of Roeselare. ah ok, my wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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