Lastage
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Lastage is a neighborhood in the Centrum borough of Amsterdam, Netherlands. It is located between the Geldersekade and Oudeschans canals, and north of Sint Antoniesbreestraat, just east of old medieva
Detail of a woodcut from 1544 by Cornelis Anthonisz. showing the Lastage area, with Oudeschans on the left and Geldersekade on the right.
Kromboomssloot
Oudeschans with the Montelbaanstoren
Gable stone in a wall of the Amsterdam Museum
Oudeschans, Amsterdam
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The Oudeschans, or Oude Schans, originally the Nieuwe Gracht, is a wide canal in the eastern part of the inner city of Amsterdam.
Lastage
…ontlasten and belasten). Near the Schreierstoren on the quay along the IJ, a crane was built to lift cargo, masts and anchors. A ditch was dug between Montelbaansgracht (now Oudeschans) and Geldersekade around 1530, and was named Rechtboomssloot after Cornelis P. Boom, one of the landowners in the area. The old stream…
The Oudeschans with Montelbaanstoren
The Oudeschans. Photo: Jacob Olie, 1863.
Gable stone on the house of Jan Swammerdam, Oudeschans 18.