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Location DB > Belgium > Antwerpen > Antwerpen > Red Star Line
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Red Star Line
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created by witam on 5/17/2010 9:28 PM
last modified by witam on 5/17/2010 10:10 PM
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 Overview
 Description
Red Star 1
Total surface area ca. 385 square Meters
Roof Saddle roof in corrugated sheet
Gable Red brick; midways and above three horizontal layers of black brick; livened-up by vertical division through strongly protruding brick pillars with decorated gable with embellished gable anchors; plinth underneath the gable anchor

Red Star 2
Total surface area ca. 568 square meters
Roof slanting roof out of corrugated sheet
Gates 1 wooden entrance gate with rounded arch in natural stone above the gate a faint letters: 'Red Star Magazijn' and on the natural stone arch 'Tol Douane'
Gable Well-preserved masonry with drained joints; wooden ornamental cornice with several layers of brick masonry in relief; gable above and below separated by a horizontal cordon of natural stone; plinth in a dark kind of quarry stone with a rough texture and drained joints

Red Star 3
Total surface area ca. 824 square meters
Roof flat roof
Windows In iron; provisions for a top light:; sSills and lintels in blue stone
Doors Left and right each 1 entrance door with rounded upper edge with a spiral staircase to first floor; on the street, side 3 centred doors with a top light
 Basic Information
Type: Building
Status: Repurposed
Accessibility: Difficult
Recommendation: not very exciting
 Physical Information
Address
rijnkaai 15
Antwerpen, Antwerpen
Belgium
Owner: City of Antwerp
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  •  Hazards
  • locked and guarded
  •  Interesting Features
    3 buildings.. each from a different time and thus it's own style. However it is very much empty.. The story is nice, the buildings less so.
     Security Measures
  • part-time guard
  • locked gates
  • welded doors
  • wooden boarding
  •  Historical Dates
    Built: 1894
    Closed: 1939
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     History
    Red Star Line, a shipping company, (the one with a red star in its flag) was one of the most important companies around 1900 to ship immigrants to the USA. Between 1873 and 1935 the Red Star Line shipping company transported almost three million people from Antwerp to the USA and Canada. The buildings of the Red Star Line, still exists.
    They are located in Antwerp on the Scheldt, from where the ships set off on the transatlantic voyage. It remains a place of remembrance, a "lieu de mémoire" for the millions of emigrants who set out for a new life in the States via Antwerp.

    The buildings were used as a medical centre. In those days the USA had stringent medical requirements for people to be allowed to enter. When someone didn't meet these requirements, they were sent back. The USA had made it mandatory to the shipping companies that they had to take back the people who weren't allowed to enter with no cost to the people trying to immigrate. This resulted in buildings being constructed on the european side, because it was much more profitable to get rid of the people who couldn't meet the requirements back home. These 3 buildings were thus a big cleaning facility (to get rid of lice,..) combined with a doctor's office.
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     Future Plans
    In the future these decayed buildings will be converted to a museum in remembrance of the immigrating masses, whom used RSL.
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    This location's validation is current. It was last validated by Steed on 5/19/2010 12:09 AM.

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  • on May 19 10 at 0:09, Steed validated this location
  • on May 17 10 at 22:21, witam updated gallery picture redstarline.jpg
  • on May 17 10 at 22:20, witam added some pictures to a gallery
  • on May 17 10 at 22:19, witam made this location available
  • on May 17 10 at 22:19, witam updated gallery picture rsl7.jpg
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