Covering of the Senne
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The covering of the Senne was the covering and later diverting of the main river of Brussels, Belgium, and the construction of public buildings and major boulevards in its place. Carried out between 1
Many unsanitary and unsafe wooden add-ons projected over the river in the lower town.
Jules Anspach and the Senne, editorial cartoon from L'Espiègle, 1868
The beginning of the vaulting and construction of the sewers in 1867
The Boulevard Anspach/Anspachlaan in 1880, etching by Armand Heins from L'Illustration nationale
North–South connection
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The North–South connection is a railway link of national and international importance through central Brussels, Belgium, that connects the major railway stations in the city. It is line 0 of the Belgi
Covering of the Senne
…drainage tunnels, creating space for a subterranean railroad tunnel. The idea was ahead of its time, and would be implemented a century later with the North–South connection. In 1865, King Leopold II, speaking to the City of Brussels' then-mayor, Jules Anspach, expressed the wish that Brussels "will succeed in getting rid…
View of Brussels-North's tracks, taken from one of the platforms
The northern end of the North–South connection's tunnel, just south of Brussels-North, near the Botanical Garden
The southern end of the North–South connection's tunnel, at Brussels-Chapel
View of Brussels-South's platforms and tracks