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The Rapenburg in Leiden in ruins. As it appeared after the terrible explosion of a ship loaded with gunpowder on January 12, 1807
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View from the Nieuwsteegbrug over the devastated area after the gunpowder disaster on the Steenschuur, a canal extending from the Rapenburg, in Leiden, on 12 January 1807. Cleanup work after the disaster, carrying away victims. The Saaihal is centrally located. See also the pendant.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineHet Rapenburg te Leijden in ruïne. Zoo als het zich vertoonde na de schriklijke uitbarsting van een Schip, geladen met Buskruid op den 12 januarij 1807. 1807. Friedrich Christoph Dietrich. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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