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The Port of Copenhagen

passenger traffic. During the summer season pleasure steamers come here from Swedish and North German ports, principally Kiel, Ltibeck and Stettin, bringing with them a large number of passengers. The Inner Harbour Passing the Toldbodbom we have, to the east, “Holmen", the Navy Yard (L. M. N. 7 . 8 ) , which is outside the boundary of the Port Authority. In the Naval Dockyard is the old guard house (with a royal crown on the top of the tower), also the “Old Mast-Crane“ (N .7 ) from which storm-signals are given, and the saluting battery “Sixtus41 ( 0 . 7 ) . On the western side of the channel, which has a depth of 8.1 metres, there is the “Sondre Toldbod4 (N .6 ) with the large, five-winged Free Storage Building, where goods from abroad liable to payment of duty may be stored without the interference of the Customs, until one wishes to bring them within Customs territory. Not till then does the normal Customs inspection take place. The quays at Sondre Told­ bod have depths of 7.5 and 6.9 metres. Sondre Toldbod is succeeded by the quay at “Larsens Plads“ (M. 6) with the old warehouses at the rear for the storing of imported grain. In two of the warehouses, namely the so-called “Blaa Pakhus4 (blue warehouse) and the “Ny Pakhus4 (new warehouse) the owner, “Det Forenede Damp- skibsselskab44, has erected silos and on the quay outside are placed two modern grain suction plants, each with a capacity of 50 tons per hour. Depths of 8.1 and 7.5 metres. Sondre Toldbod and Larsens Plads are the centres for imports of grain from the Baltic, Black Sea and oversea countries. The quay at Larsens Plads is the berthage for the steamers of “Det Forenede Dampskibsselskab4 in the regular service to Nor­ way and the Baltic. Exports from this quay consist mainly of general cargo to West England and the Baltic.

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