Reykjavik Harbour 100 year Anniversary. 레이캬비크(Reykjavik). 아이슬란드(Iceland)

Reykjavik Harbour 100 year Anniversary.

레이캬비크(Reykjavik). 아이슬란드(Iceland)

Reykjavik Harbour 100 Year Anniversary (1917-2017)

Harpa conference and concert hall, the yacht harbour in the foreground.

Harpa and Þúfan

After the merchant ship operation had relocated in Reykjavik, to the Sundahofn harbour, around 1990, the role of the old Reykjavik harbour changed. What once was entirely a place with harbour related activity soon became on area of great interest for unrelated activities such as restaurants, museums and residential buildings. At the east part, a large conference and concert hall was built, named Harpa, and in the west port, a large sculpture named Þúfan by the artist Ólöf Nordal was made.

    

Ólöf Nordal : 3 December 1966 ~ 8 February 2017

Harpa the conference and concert hall at the harbour area.

Oil tanker at Eyjagardur

The first oil supply tanks in the old harbour area.

The Old Harbour

The old Reykjavik harbour became the main oil supply port in Iceland around 1950 and replaced the much-used coals. A large area was designated for oil reservoir tanks, the first by the oil company Esso, and later Shell. These tanks remain in full use today in a modernised and restricted facility at the same location. In the years 1984 through 2000 a large pier, by the name Eyjagardur, was constructed to accommodate for large oil supply tankers. The place is still serving as the main point of oil distribution in Iceland.

Reykjavik harbour areain in 1876

Even though the making of the harbour celebrates its 100the year anniversary the development of the harbour area has been evolving much longer. on this poster one can see the harbour surroundings in the year 1876. In the photograph, taken at low tide, the wooden pier has been constructed with wood boxes filled with rock. Due to the great difference between high and low tide, the pier had to reach very for into the sea.

The harbour freezed over in 1918

A cold spell in Iceland during the winter of 1918 caused temperature to reach -20℃ celsius (-4℉) for a lengiity period of time. The Reykjavik harbour began to freeze over including a larger  area all around Reykjavik. The shops got stuck in the thick ice. The shhip forthest to the left is a cargo ship Sterling where workers aere trying  to creak the ice making a channel and essisting with it's departure.

Ingolfsgardur harbour wall

Ingólfsgarður, sometimes referred to as the Batteries Garden was built as shown in the photo. A small lighthhouse was at the parts entrance, from there the newly contructed stone wall lead all the way from shore. The lighthouse rested oon the manmade rock filling, shown in the diagram.

Laying out fish for drying

In Reykjavik, the harbour area was bostling with life on a normal workday servicing the fishing fleat.

In these images washing of fish and laying out salted cod for drying were some of the tasks on hand.

The fish was laid out for drying some distance away from the harbour area called Kirkjusandur.

Workers and the first strike

Th train conductors on the train Pioner, take a short break - The first labor strike started in 1913 during the harbour construction, due to dispute on low wages and excessive work hours. The strike lasted two months. one of the two trains used can be seen here of the harbour.

Stone and gravel quarries in Reykjavik

Stone and gravel quarries were located in two areas Reykjavik where material for teh construction of the harbour was excavated. The excavator was a huge machine and used to fill the locomotive containers. The other gravel quarry was located in Öskjuhlíð , where a steam excavator crane was operated.

A safe harbour area in the making

A larger image is from the east harbour at the beginning of the harbour construction in 1913. Normally all the fishing boats docked via anchor in the open sea outside Reykjavik. They faced the danger of running ashore in bad storms that frequented the area with no harbour to protect them. In 1906, a yacht ran a shore in Reykjavik in stormy weather.

The harbour area in the making

Small boats were used to ferry passengers and products between ships and shore. In had weather those trips had to be cancelled. The ships docked some distance outside the harbour area. The making of the harbour was well under way of this time.

Two steam locomotive Minor and Pioner pulled weagons laoded with rock and gravel during the harbour construction in 1913-1917

Grandagardur

A narrow path of a wall made of rocks, 2.5 metres (8 feet) wide, called Grandagardur, served the purpose of protecting the area from the harsh sea elements. only accessible by foot until 1945. In 1970 a landfill was made west of the area today serving and accommodating a large business area full of life and activity.

The Grandagardur area in 1960

Fishing boats at the harbour

Aerial image of the harbour 2012

From manual work to containers and computers

After the harbour in Reykjavik was fully operational, loading and unloading cargo were largely by manual means. Theat changed as early as 1943 with the arrival of the American military which used advanced technology to unload ships at the harbour. Between 1960 and 1970 the containers became the main choice for transporting cargo.

The busy harbour in 1930

The Home port

When Reykjavik harbour was completed in 1917 other harbours in Iceland were less developed. It gave the city an advantage in servicing the fishing fleet and in 1930 over 30 trowlers had made Reykjavik their homeport.

Hard at work

Reykjavik harbour soon became the main workplace for manual labour in Iceland. A special breed of hard workers, named Eyrarkarlar, became the core of all docking operations. Due to much hardship, they founded the first organisation or union named Dagsbrun, to protect their common interest and improve their working condition.

The deck lift operator

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