See-through panels are corten steel frames with a transparent plate. On that plate, a drawing visualises an object/activity that is not (or no longer) visible in the landscape. Through the correct perspective of the drawing and the correct positioning of the frame, the drawing is as it were projected into the current landscape. In this way, a special event or a former structure that stood at a specific location can come back to life for a while. Via the vista panels, we make the special history and unique story of Northeast Polder more visible.
See-through panel Beet Bridge stands on the Zwa…
See-through panels are corten steel frames with a transparent plate. On that plate, a drawing visualises an object/activity that is not (or no longer) visible in the landscape. Through the correct perspective of the drawing and the correct positioning of the frame, the drawing is as it were projected into the current landscape. In this way, a special event or a former structure that stood at a specific location can come back to life for a while. Via the vista panels, we make the special history and unique story of Northeast Polder more visible.
See-through panel Beet Bridge stands on the Zwartemeerweg in Ens, right next to the Ramsdiep and within walking distance of the Ramspol tower, from where you have a great view of the old and new land. A beet bridge is also called a tipping jetty. It is a practical structure, typical of the agricultural history of the Northeast Polder, which was used to lift the agricultural harvest (including sugar beets, hence the name) from the land to further transport by ship.
Agricultural products were transported by tractors or trucks from the field to the unloading wharf, where the beet bridge facilitated the transfer of the grain, potatoes or sugar beet to a barge. You have to think of a beet bridge as a kind of ramp, protruding some distance outside and above the quay of, in this case, the Ramsdiep. Tractors and trucks drove backwards onto the beet bridge and could unload their cargo simply by gravity into the barge's cargo hold. Consequently, that is exactly what you see happening on the vista panel.
