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Does the pier still exist? It would be amazing to see it on Google Street View as a follow-up to this amazing story. I love stuff like this.

hydrogen18 11y ago
Depending on where it is, it is possible the shoreline doesn't even exist anymore. Land reclamation is great at stuff at like that.
Luc 11y ago
I'm not quite sure but I think the bond is for repairs to a 32km long dike. E.g. (in Dutch) http://shhv.info/projectgroep-harmelen/geschiedenis/gedenksteen-watersnood-1624/ http://shhv.info/projectgroep-harmelen/geschiedenis/gedenkst... "Aan de noordzijde van de Lek was een dijk aangebracht van ruim 32 km lang en hij liep vanaf Amerongen (aan de rand van de Utrechtse heuvelrug) naar het Klaphek bij Vreeswijk, de Lekdijk Bovendams genaamd."
gpvos 11y ago
Some details from Dutch news sources: It was an bond ("obligatie") of 1000 guilders, given out by Hoogheemraadschap Lekdijk Bovendams (more recently merged into Hoogheemraadschap De Stichtse Rijnlanden). It returns 25 guilders (now 11,35 euros) interest per year. Yale bought it in 2003 for 24.000 euros. It was given out in 1648 to build a groyne ("krib") near the hamlet of Honswijk. Looking at Google Maps, you can see a system of multiple groynes there; I am not sure whether this bond paid for only one of them or for more: https://www.google.com/maps/place/3998+Honswijk,+Netherlands/@51.9709538,5.1798967,3041m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x47c660e762d7a323:0x5606466a56d976e4 https://www.google.com/maps/place/3998+Honswijk,+Netherlands... Original buyer of the bond was Niclaes de Meijer: http://www.zeit.de/2015/15/ewige-anleihen-kredit-geldanlage http://www.zeit.de/2015/15/ewige-anleihen-kredit-geldanlage (German!). In the first 50 years of the 17th century, Lekdijk Bovendams gave out 300.000 guilders of bonds to repair the dikes along the 8 km stretch it was responsible for. Stichtse Rijnlanden is nowadays responsible for the Lek dikes between Amerongen and Schoonhoven, as well as water management in most of the province of Utrecht.
- dmix 11y ago
  Thanks for the Google Maps link, you can follow that river for quite a long time and it goes well inland, into Germany. I'd love to take a boat all the way down that river.
  - gpvos 11y ago
    Yup, the Lek is, after the Waal, the second main distributary of the Rhine. Some parts of the Rhine, notably the part between Köln and Koblenz, are widely known for their beauty.
    - rosege 11y ago
      Sorry I did part of this journey a few years ago and got off the boat early as I found the scenery quite boring

hydrogen18 11y ago

Depending on where it is, it is possible the shoreline doesn't even exist anymore. Land reclamation is great at stuff at like that.

Luc 11y ago

I'm not quite sure but I think the bond is for repairs to a 32km long dike. E.g. (in Dutch) http://shhv.info/projectgroep-harmelen/geschiedenis/gedenksteen-watersnood-1624/ http://shhv.info/projectgroep-harmelen/geschiedenis/gedenkst... "Aan de noordzijde van de Lek was een dijk aangebracht van ruim 32 km lang en hij liep vanaf Amerongen (aan de rand van de Utrechtse heuvelrug) naar het Klaphek bij Vreeswijk, de Lekdijk Bovendams genaamd."

gpvos 11y ago

Some details from Dutch news sources: It was an bond ("obligatie") of 1000 guilders, given out by Hoogheemraadschap Lekdijk Bovendams (more recently merged into Hoogheemraadschap De Stichtse Rijnlanden). It returns 25 guilders (now 11,35 euros) interest per year. Yale bought it in 2003 for 24.000 euros. It was given out in 1648 to build a groyne ("krib") near the hamlet of Honswijk. Looking at Google Maps, you can see a system of multiple groynes there; I am not sure whether this bond paid for only one of them or for more: https://www.google.com/maps/place/3998+Honswijk,+Netherlands/@51.9709538,5.1798967,3041m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x47c660e762d7a323:0x5606466a56d976e4 https://www.google.com/maps/place/3998+Honswijk,+Netherlands... Original buyer of the bond was Niclaes de Meijer: http://www.zeit.de/2015/15/ewige-anleihen-kredit-geldanlage http://www.zeit.de/2015/15/ewige-anleihen-kredit-geldanlage (German!). In the first 50 years of the 17th century, Lekdijk Bovendams gave out 300.000 guilders of bonds to repair the dikes along the 8 km stretch it was responsible for. Stichtse Rijnlanden is nowadays responsible for the Lek dikes between Amerongen and Schoonhoven, as well as water management in most of the province of Utrecht.

dmix 11y ago
Thanks for the Google Maps link, you can follow that river for quite a long time and it goes well inland, into Germany. I'd love to take a boat all the way down that river.
- gpvos 11y ago
  Yup, the Lek is, after the Waal, the second main distributary of the Rhine. Some parts of the Rhine, notably the part between Köln and Koblenz, are widely known for their beauty.
  - rosege 11y ago
    Sorry I did part of this journey a few years ago and got off the boat early as I found the scenery quite boring