Grain elevator built for harbour of Antwerp, Belgium according to the Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf dated 17 June 1925

An item dated Amsterdam, Netherlands 17^th reported that the Dutch shipyard N.V. Verschure &Co. Scheepswerf en Machinefabriek at Amsterdam completed the building of a floating pneumatic grain elevator for account of the town Antwerp, Netherlands. Dimensions 30 x 10,5 x 3,30 hold) x zround 25 (height) metres. She was to be used in the harbour of Antwerp for over loading of the cargoes of sea hips into lighters with a maximum capacity of 300 ton/hour. The grain was via four suction pipes from the cargo holds transport to a collect space placed on a height of 24 metres above the waterline. There was the grain automatically separated from the dust an via a lock collected in a double tank, weighed manually [to prevent problems with the personnel in the harbour of Antwerp] and not automatically and further transported to the lighters. For stabilizing the elevator was below in the pontoon 200.000 kg ballast stored. Both vertical vacuum pumps driven by a 300hp compound steam engine, boiler and auxiliary engines were made by the shipyard. In the pontoon was a house for her master and further more accommodation for the crew. The was electrically lightened and steam heated. She was the first of her design manufactured in Netherlands. The Dutch shipyard got the ordered despite heavy competition of British and German firms. Until now were all elevators in Antwerp made in Germany. She was to be towed that day towards Ijmuiden, Netherlands and with favourable weather over sea towards Antwerp while she was too huge to pass inland fairways. Built in 7 months was she to be delivered on 25^th June ant Antwerp and there to undergo her final tests.