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FREE PORT OF COPENHAGEN 95
W harves—quays in the Copenhagen free port

Name

Construction

East Whart_________..
ite |
South Wharf East___.| Concrete and granite
on piles.
East Silo Wharf !___|._._.cav oo...
West Silo Wharf 1 __J|12070 TL TTI
South Wharf West 1__|___. 2.
West Wharf_._._.___|/727] wn gs
Railroad Wharf... _.|.__. Be
Middle Wharf ____701007C -
Coal Wharf1.______
Lumber Wharf i.
North Wharf

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Wooden construction...
Jonerote and granite
3 , on piles. RN
o and Wharf... Wooden construction
ort Wharf _ Iron concrete caissons—granite.

Whart__________. elven or aw i
Sound Wharf... ....do....

Length

Width
of
water
front

Total
width

Rails
on
water
front

Meters | Meters ' Meters
816 | 8.87-1 62.8 | 12]
9.42
sel esl mv

313.8 | 11.12
313.8 | 11.12
94.2! 9.18
596.3 | 12.55
133.41 100 -
41.2] 13.34
100.0 15.0”
392.3 13.16
188.3 12.7
156.9! 9.8
67.01 9.°
240 ©5
316.6 v.5

56.5 2
56.5 2
5 Ace
87.6 2?
+ ——
51.5 i
172.6 <
172. t

rr

Rails
mehind
buildings


Number
 of
electric
cranes

Depth

a—— 5 | 8.1
——— & 8.2
1 euewgpys 8.2
1 11] 82-¢"
ry
am oma 251
L from]
- 22

2-41

17

Meters
9.1
9.1

75
7.&
7.5
7.5
7.5
7.8
9.5
9.5
95

! Piers: The hoisting equipment consists of 40 electric cranes having from 134 to 23% Tai ttony sapalihs
4 Dneumatic grain tubes, 3 grain and 7 coal elevators, In addition, the general harbor authorities have a
oating crane of 50-tons capacity which is always readily available for use in the free port.
oal cranes.

COPENHAGEN FREE PORT—LAW OF MARCH 31. 189138

ArticLe 1. Under the direction of the Copenhagen port commission a free
Port for commercial and industrial purposes will be constructed on the western
Side of the interior roadstead (bay) of Copenhagen immediately north of Kastel
P oint, with its corresponding lands, which in regard to customs and production
‘axes will be considered as foreign territory.
The free port will have two basins. The one to the south will have a width
at its base of 780 feet. The dike, by means of which this basin will be separated
 from the interior bay, will be of 3,000 feet, and, in so far as possible, wilt
be constructed in a straight line with a continuous width of 250 feet.
The territory of the free port will be limited to the west by the railroad mentioned
 in article 2, and will be situated in such a way that the branch west of
the northern port will be on land belonging to the Copenhagen port commission.
The free port will be connected with the customhouse by means of an inclosed
Wall which will pass through the citadel Frederickshavn.
Lands adjacent to the free port can be included in the free port, and still
Continue to be private property, in accordance with a special agreement with
the company mentioned in article 3 and subject to ratification by the legislative
Power,
Arr. 2, The secretary of the interior is authorized to construct a railroad
from the free port to the Copenhagen customhouse, passing through the Vogn-Man
 market until it reaches the Nordsjaelland railroad, and a classification
Station alongside of the free port.
_ All these improvements will be considered from every point of view as form-‘0g
 a part of the system of State railways.
The secretary of the interior is equally authorized to conclude all the arrange-Reairle
 necessary to obtain for the State railways the areas necessary for the
uture construction of a railroad over the existing dike at the extreme western
hy ds CW in report of United States Tariff Commission, Information Concerning Free Zones in Ports
od States, issued in 1919.
            
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