ln October 1904 the Zweiten Eisenbahn Baukompanie‘ (“Second Railway Construction Company), an engineering unit, arrived from Germany to start with the building of the wharf.
Initially a 275 meter long, 9 meter wide wooden jetty was built in 1904. It was later extended by 50 meters and widening it by 5. (jetty1905.com)
This was replaced by an iron one in 1912, a joint venture by the companies Flander A.G., Benroth and Grun & Bilfinger. (jetty1905.com) This was to be 640 metres long and equipped with two 5 ton and two 3 ton cranes, as well as a railway line. A third of the pier was completed by 1914 when the First World War put a stop to further construction.
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