GORINCHEM – Hollandia Archeologists yesterday started research in the city center of Gorinchem at the location where the Bluebandhuis stood. Two weeks have been set aside for this.
"The expectation is that traces from the late Middle Ages will be found," says Wim Vlierhuis of Gate6The housing corporation is the client for the archaeological excavation on the corner of Rosmolensteeg and Arkelstraat. After completion, the reconstruction of the Bluebandhuis in which three apartments and a house will be established.
The last horse mill in Amsterdam in 1911
Martin Veen of the Archaeology Working Group of the municipality of Gorinchem does not rule out the possibility that remains of the horse mill to which the alley owes its name will be found. excavation in 2007 on the other side of the alley (corner Kortendijk) these were not found. Hollandia Archeologists, who also conducted that research, assumes that this – horse-powered – mill stood on the corner with Arkelstraat.
Anja Broeken
AD Rivierenland
01-11-2011