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Michiel 2005 club

Posted: 23 Apr 2014

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NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D5200

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Perolin company

Perolin company
Once a big company selling a variety of things, such as shoe polish, copper polish, sweeping powder, cutlery, plates and such like to hotels and large institutions, but also to rich individuals. A narrow-gauge railway ran through this door in the olden days. Today the Perolin company still exists, but a lot smaller.
www.grijmans.net/krantenbericht.htm

The building was converted into apartments in 1990.
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 Latium
Latium
Wonder what happened to the narrow-gauge railway?
10 years ago.
 Michiel 2005
Michiel 2005 club
Probably nicked ;-)
10 years ago.
 Latium
Latium
Ha!
10 years ago.
 Michiel 2005
Michiel 2005 club
It was only a short railway, from the nearby River Spaarne to this building. It probably became obsolete in the 1950s or 1960s, when lorries took over transport. The rails were probably removed during a repavement of the street.
10 years ago.
 Latium
Latium
I wonder if it was a diesel or steam loco.
10 years ago.

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