J.J. Beijnes
Johannes Jacobus, or J.J. Beijnes (Haarlem, 9-6-1814 – Haarlem, 5-3-1888) was a Dutch businessman and entrepreneur who, along with his brother Antonie Johannes (A.J.) Beijnes, was credited with growing the Haarlem factory Beijnes into an international manufacturer of train and tram wagons.
Biography
He was the son of J.J. Beijnes the elder who had a carriage shop behind the
Daniel de Clercq, began the Haarlem society called De Ambachtsschool to unify various city efforts to start a vocational school in Haarlem, in order to satisfy their need for workers in the booming train car business.[2]
The J.J. Beijnes carriage factory was in operation for 125 years from 1838 to 1963, and it built and serviced horse carriages (omnibusses), trams, and trains, based at Stationsplein, Haarlem, Netherlands. Today that land is used as a bus station across from the Haarlem railway station, and all that remains is a sports hall and parking garage with the name Beijnes.
References
- ^ a b "Beijnes : een eeuw van arbeid : 1838 - 1 november - 1938"; by Henri Asselberghs with color plates by Herman Heijenbroek and drawings by Herman Moerkerk; Impressum Haarlem : Spaarnestad, 1938
- ISBN 90-6550-504-0, p555