50th Anniversary of the completion of Zeebrugge Harbour.

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50th Anniversary of the completion of Zeebrugge Harbour.

Post by aukepalmhof » Fri Nov 05, 2021 6:48 pm

For the 50th anniversary of the completion of Zeebrugge Harbour, the Belgium Post issued one stamp of 2Fr. in 1057

Haven van Zeebrugge (Port of Zeebrugge)
The stamp issued by Belgium shows us the Port of Zeebrugge with on the mole the light-house Heist.
The Low Lighthouse of Heist is a Belgian lighthouse whose light has been extinguished. After the silting up of the Zwin as a waterway, the city of Bruges sought another way out to the sea and found it at the beginning of the 20th century with the seaport of Zeebrugge. The channel to this harbor was called Pas van 't Zand and was deepened. To mark out this waterway, two engineering contractors had two lighthouses built. One of these two lighthouses was the Low Lighthouse of Heist, which was built between 1905 and 1907. Together with the High Lighthouse of Heist, it formed a light line for ships carrying the wanted goods to enter the port of Zeebrugge. The light line was visible to ships that had the correct heading of 136 degrees, so the beams of the low guide light and the high guide light were aligned. Due to the expansion of the port of Zeebrugge, the lighthouse lost its function and the light was extinguished in 1983.
The lighthouse stands at the end of the Zeedijk van Heist (although on the territory of Bruges - Zeebrugge ) in the shadow of the buildings on that seawall next to an active much higher light curb that has taken over the function of Heist's high light since 1983.
https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lage_vuurtoren_van_Heist

In port, one cargo vessel loading or discharging, one vessel outward ailing, and most probably a passenger ferry entering the port, not any information on the vessels.
The world port of Zeebrugge is the second-largest port in Belgium and is inextricably linked to Bruges. Not only in name but also literally via the Boudewijn Canal which, to the north of the Bruges city center, connects the inner port in a straight line to the outer port in Zeebrugge. The idea for a new port, which would connect Bruges to the sea just like in the Middle Ages, grew in the 19th century and it was officially opened by King Leopold II in 1907. It was given the name ‘Zeebrugge’ (Bruges-by-Sea). During the two World Wars, Zeebrugge was occupied by the Germans. In the First World War, in particular, the port played an important role as a strategic base for German submarines. After the Second World War, the port of Zeebrugge really flourished and grew into the gateway to Europe. A maritime crossroads and logistics platform, the largest carport in the world, a hotspot for distribution centers, and the most important pillar of the Bruges economy. The presence of all those busy port activities near the wide beach creates a unique atmosphere and makes Zeebrugge a special oddity on the Belgian coast.

https://www.visitbruges.be/en/kust/zeeb ... -zeebrugge
Belgium 1957 2Fr. sg 1611, Scott?
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