Grain elevator '19' returns in Antwerp mouse grey

Exactly one year ago, the historic Antwerp grain elevator ’19’ left Rotterdam for Franeker for a thorough repair. The hulk returned to Rotterdam last week, but now in its original Antwerp working colour of ‘mouse grey’.

The exuberant yellow of the steam pipes, in which the 96-year-old grain elevator could be seen in the Bonapartedok at the foot of the MAS as recently as March 2018, has completely disappeared. Last year, this sailing heritage received its first thorough refurbishment at Talsma Shipyards in Franeker, Friesland.