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In recent decades, work in the port and technical equipment there have changed enormously. We have captured the transition in then/now photographs.
What was ...
... THE FORMER CUSTOMS FENCE?
A three-metre high chain-link fence reinforced with barbed wire stretches along the quay walls on Zollkanal (Customs Canal). This relic once secured the Freeport status of Speicherstadt but will have almost entirely disappeared by the end of this year.
... the PNEUMATIC POST AT HHLA?
For decades, HHLA operated a pneumatic post system using compressed air. The speed of transport actually beat the tempo of today’s e-mails once these have been checked for spam and viruses.
... CHAIN SHIPPING?
It was a milestone in the development of inland shipping: In the second half of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th, ships pulled themselves up the River Elbe on a chain anchored in the riverbed.
... THE WINCH-HEAD?
Speicherstadt has been and remains an innovative logistics location. The rail-mounted winch-head already embodied the principle underlying the container gantry crane.
... A Quartermaster?
The quartermaster checked high-value goods imported from all over the world before storing them on the upper floors of the Speicherstadt for Hamburg merchants.