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 
sr nlVl Bim to RRR 
Wooden construction... 
Jonerote and granite 
3 , on piles. RN 
o and Wharf... Wooden construction 
ort Wharf _ Iron concrete cais- 
sons—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 
build- 
ings 
Num- 
ber 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 sepa- 
rated 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 men- 
tioned 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.