Fortress Island Pampus
The Antwerp draughtsman Jan Peeters was known for his ship drawings.
This etching appeared in the volume: "Thooneel der Steden ende Sterckten van t'Vereenight Nederlandt met d'aengrensende Plaetsen soo in Brabandt Vlaenderen als enen Rhijn en elders verovert door de Waepenen der Groot-moghende Heeren Staeten onder het gheley vanande seer Edele Hooghghebore Princen van Oranien".
Edited by Gaspar Bouttats at Antwerp. Antwerp; 1674
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Just a drawing of Pampus made by a volunteer
Infrastructure developments on Pampus
Placement of fog bell house
The cottage used to be equipped with a self-acting fog bell to warn shipping traffic in case of fog or low visibility. For the island was and still is an obstacle.
In 2004, the foundation had already been uncovered once by students from a school in Zaanstad. Together with their master, they were always present on Wednesdays to carry out various works.
In the spring of 2020, as part of an exercise, the Royal Army Corps of Engineers placed a new fog bell house on Pampus on the original foundation, on which it also used to stand, after they re-bricked it.
The Royal Army Corps of Engineers delivered the casco. That means we have to waterproof the roof ourselves with zinc as it was originally and finish the little building, painting and installing windows and doors.
Below is a picture report of the whole thing.
Pampus on the shovel
This is what Pampus will look like in the future. There will be a new entrance building located in the water in front of the island. It will be built circularly and will be larger than the current Pavilion. See also: https://www.pampus.nl/op-de-schop/.
The bio-digester on Pampus is festively inaugurated by Uğur Pekdemir, board chairman of Rabobank Amstel & Vecht and Boris van der Ham, chairman of the Netherlands World Heritage Foundation. To the right stands Tom van Nouhuys, director of the Fort Island Pampus Foundation.
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