The Stads Herberg " City Inn "

Imagine that we were in the half of 19th century travelling from Europe to Batavia arrived in the early morning day. This white building would be the first place for your refreshment after long exhausted ocean journey from Europe. Built in 1849 H.S. Van Hogezand who sensed a business oppurtunity with the location of old Klein Boom on Fenbruary 1848. The old location of Klein Boom was at the western bank of the canal. The Klein boom is the open-walled structure infront of the Stads Herberg.

The Haven Kanaal

The Haven Kanaal means Harbour Canal is the old port of Batavia in 19 century. This picture was taken from Culemborg lookout tower heading. The white building with white columns wa The Stads Herberg or The City Inn. The other next building along to left of the trees was ' toll house" or "customs house " built probably around 1840s.You could see the open sea at the background. This is the main canal as the main entry point to Batavia for over more than two and half century. At the foreground the white building in the centre is Pasar Ikan " Fish Market" was built in 1846. Today this building is no longer exist. The area is still called as Pasar Ikan today. This location was the most famoust and ppopular views in the second haklf of the 19th century.

The Vierkantsbrug ( Square Bridge ) is visible in the left corner of the picture. It is demolished toward the enf of 19th century. Why the bridge was called Vierkant although it was not square as it was ? There was a long gone square building ( Vierkant ) during the old days of VOC existed just to west of the Culemborg lookout which the bridge finally took his name.

The Culemborg Lookout Tower

This lookout tower built in 1839 as a watch post for arriving ships at the port in the 19th century. It is located on the west bank of the mouth of Ciliwunbg River in Pasar Ikan area ( Fish Market ) on the northen cost of Jakarta. The name " Culemborg " was taken from the Culemborg bastion built in 1645 at the same location where this tower is located now which formed part the of old walled city of old Batavia in 17th century.

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The two white warehouses behind the tower were the part of the former VOC shipyard and were demolished in 1981 for new cannal digging that runs paralel to Jl. Pakin. Jl. Pakin that now crosses over the Ciliwung and runs between the tower and the warehouse -did not exist yet in 19th century since it was built i the early 1940's. Today this tower is still exist but visitors is not allowed to enter inside.

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Source : Scott Merrillees -Batavia in The Nineteenth Century Photography ( 2004)

Batavia's Light House

This is the old Batavia's light house in the northern mostpoint of old town of the present Jakarta.It is built certainly before 1862. This almost 150 years old light house still stands today with no longer in use. The buildings surrounding him are gone now. If we were the visitors in the 19th century, this light house would be the first object seen by us arriving at Batavia by sea. The photographer is Woodbury & Page around 1870's.

Source: Scott Merrillees -Batavia in The Nineteenth Century Photograph (2004)