Waterways and Water Transport in Different Countries by J. Stephen Jeans

the Maas, which is without sluices, and is cut through the Hoek van Holland, thus forming a new outlet to the Maas. Besides these approaches, there is another route to Rotterdam, to which great attention has been paid of late years, but the railway bridge across the river at Rotterdam causes a certain inconvenience to vessels using it. Vessels coming from the sea by the Hollandschdiep, enter the narrow passage of the Kil near the great Moerdyke railway bridge, and passing Dordrecht, the Maas is reached above the Rotterdam railway bridge. The Nieuwe-Haven, just above this bridge, is a most convenient port for small steam-yachts visiting Rotterdam. There are two other important ship canals, giving access from the river Schelde to the inland waters of Holland:—