Records of The Netherlands India Dry Dock Co, building contractors, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Reference:GB 248 UGD 067
- Dates of Creation:1873-1878
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- Physical Description:0.04 metres (3 items)There are no physical characteristics that affect the use of this material
Scope and Content
- Administrative records 1873-1878
Administrative / Biographical History
The firm of Raalte Behrnd & Co , merchants, Glasgow, Scotland, contracted with Antonius G Bosch of Amsterdam, manager of The Netherlands India Dry Dock Co to execute and supply docks, jetties etc. at Batavia (now Jakata, Indonesia) and Sourabaya. Raalte Behrend & Co subcontracted with Hana, Donald & Co , engineers and shipbuilders, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, for them to do the work. Troubles followed, the original contract of 1873 being modified and Scottish firms agreeing to take shares in the Netherlands Dry Dock Co in 1879 .
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Acquisition Information
Gift : prior to 1966
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Custodial History
Records deposited via the Business Archives Council of Scotland with Economic History Department, Glasgow University, prior to 1966. Management of the collection transferred to Glasgow University Archives in 1975
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This material is original
Title and related units of description elements altered by Jenny Cooknell , Assistant Archivist, 6 September 1999
Updated by Lesley Richmond , Acting Director, 3 March 2000
Updated by David Powell, Hub Project Archivist, 28 February 2002
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