Fire hydrant of the N.V. Holland – Bergen op Zoom

The foundry Holland of Bergen op Zoom is famous for producing a certain letterbox of the Dutch Post, so famous in fact, that the letterbox was named Holland.

I cannot find the starting date of this company (probably 19th century), but it folded in 2001.

See here for some pictures of the buildings still standing there:
www.mosselstraat9.nl/Foto/RMI/index.htm

And a small movie of demolition of the buildings:
nl.youtube.com/watch?v=K4VrLt39diI

An article in a Dutch newspaper with two former workers:
www.bndestem.nl/regio/bergenopzoom/3635241/De-Holland-was...

And here a link to the catalogue of the foreclosure auction:
archive.dovebid.com/brochure/RMIH010918.pdf (PDF, 4.9 MB)

At the municipal archive of Bergen op Zoom, many pictures can be seen of the foundry Holland:
www.markiezenhof.nl/ (search on "ijzergieterij holland" or "de holland")