Media item

The Euromast in Rotterdam reaches it's highest point

Week number 59-14

Newsreels in which Dutch subjects of a certain week are presented.

Type:
video
Length:
01:53
Publication date:
28 March 1959
User:
Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision
Creator:
Polygoon-Profilti (producer) / Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision (curator)
Source:
WEEKNUMMER591-HRE0000CAAD

The Euromast in Rotterdam has reached it's heighest point. Sand, gravel and concrete is kept at the correct temperature and the concrete is hoisted to the top in trays through a shaft and cast there. Equipment pulls the so-called sliding formwork up and the concrete is cast.