Delfzijl is a small harbour in the north of the Netherlands, located on the mouth of the Eems in front of Germany, near Groningen.
Between the two World Wars, many windjammers unloaded chilean nitrate for the farms in the provinces of
Groningen and Drenthe.
The Pamir unloaded in Delfzijl in 1928.
Six nitrate windjammers in harbour (1)
Oude Schans |
Pinnas and Priwall (1) |
The Rhakotis and the Peking (1)
French full-rigged Hoche c. 1910 |
Centre |
Pension |
Industrial area, Delfzijl in distance |
The chemical plants (2)
The Station |
The Windmill (2) |
Sculptures and ore silo of ALDEL (2)
Waterstraat (2) |
Hostel upon the Eems |
The Lighthouse |
Houses
The Harbour |
The Harbour |
The lock |
Palinuro, Aphrodite and Sedov |
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