Lilla Bommen
Lilla Bommen is a part of
Etymology
The names Lilla Bommen ("The Small Boom") and Stora Bommen ("The Large Boom"), which is slightly further to the west along the Göta älv, come from the booms that previously blocked the way for boats going in and out of the Gothenburg canals and where a government tax was collected.[1] The harbor was located between two bastions: the Gustavus Primus at the present-day opera house, and the S:tus Ericus west of the Lilla Bommen high-rise.
History
Completed in 1860, with a quay 525 m (1,722 ft) and 3.5 m (11 ft) deep,[2] Lilla Bommen soon became the main port in Gothenburg for canal boats, and domestic shipping. It was the starting point for cargo and passenger ships going up the Göta älv, through the Göta Canal, then across lakes Vänern and Vättern to Stockholm and Norrköping.[3]
Demolition of the old gunpowder house at Lilla Bommen started on 7 October 1862.[4] In 1899, a station house was built at Lilla Bommen at the end of the line for the Västergötland–Göteborgs Järnvägar ("Västra Götaland–Gothenburg Railway").[5]
In 1936, the then Östra Hamnkanalen ("East Harbor Canal"), running from Lilla Bommen between the two lanes of the Östra Hamngatan ("East Harbor Street") and ending at Brunnsparken was filled in, then in 1937–38, a third of the Lilla Bommen harbor (the inner part) was also filled in. An option considered at the time was to fill in the entire dock and move shipping to the Gullberg quay northeast of the dock.[6]
Geography
Lilla Bommen is a part of the
Lilla Bommen Bridge
The former Lilla Bommen Bridge crossed the Östra Hamnkanalen at its outlet in the Lilla Bommen harbor. It connected the Kanaltorget ("Canal Square") with the S:t Eriks Torg ("S:t Eric's Square"). It was a wide and heavily trafficked bridge with railway tracks. It became part of the landfill when the canal was filled in.[11]
Lilla Bommen Square
East of the harbor is Lilla Bommen Square, which was named in 1883. The square was created in 1878 when part of the Vallgraven ("Moat"),[12] from Lilla Bommen harbor to the Fattighusån was filled in to create an extended land area northeast of the harbor.[13][5] Another part of Lilla Bommen outside the Vallgraven was the Stadstjänareholmen. This area was leased by master carpenter Hultman, who gave his name to Hultmans Holme ("Hultman's Islet") a district in modern Gothenburg.[14]
Göta boat
In July 2001, when digging was done at S:t Eriksgatan in Lilla Bommen, in connection to the construction of the Götatunneln, a boat wreck from the mid 1700s was found. It was designated the Götabåten ("Göta Boat"). The boat was buried under more than 3 m (9.8 ft) of heavy landfill, at a depth that is about 0.6 m (2.0 ft) below the current water level of the Göta älv. What was left of the boat was a 10 m × 3 m (32.8 ft × 9.8 ft) section of the hull, consisting of the keel, the sternpost and parts of the hull sides. The boat was mainly made from oak and pine, and was estimated to have been approximately 12 m (39 ft) long.[15]
Göta Elf accident
On 15 April 1908, the steamboat Göta Elf,[16] capsized and sank in the Lilla Bommen harbor. The steamer was fully loaded with cargo and passengers, twentysix people died and the accident was widely publicized in national press.[17] The somewhat gruesome salvage operation was filmed by photographer Charles Magnusson and was shown, uncensored, as part of one of Sweden's first newsreels.[18] The boat was built in 1884 at Thorskogs wharf and operated the route Gothenburg–Lilla Edet–Trollhättan.[19]
P-Arken ship
In 1991, a 1975
References
- ^ "Södra Älvstranden". www.vartgoteborg.se. Gothenburg Municipality. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
- ISBN 91-85074-78-0.
- ISBN 91-7029-022-9.
- ^ Hemning, Henning Gustaf (1864). Anteckningar ur rådman Eric Cederbourgs beskrifning öfver Götheborg, utgifven år 1739 jemte bihang, innehållande upplysningar dertill samt kronologisk förteckning [Notes from alderman Eric Cederbourg's notes of Gothenburg, published in 1739, including appendix, containing supplementary information and chronological list] (in Swedish). Gothenburg. p. 143.
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- ISBN 91-631-4036-5.
- ^ "Liseberg AB" (PDF). www.liseberg.se (in Swedish). Lisebergs Restaurant AB. p. 30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
- ISBN 91-7209-301-3.
- ^ "Åttiosex meter över Göta Älv" [Eighty-six meters above Göta Älv]. www.vasakronan.se. Vasakronan AB. Archived from the original on 13 July 2015. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
- ^ "Hotell Barken Viking". barkenviking.com. 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
- ISBN 9789170296307.
- ^ Gothenburg is intersected by canals, a moat, streams and a river.
- ISBN 91-7029-460-7.
- ^ Karlsson, J H (1951). Gullbergsvass - Hultmans Holme : Stadsdelshistoria [Gullbergsvass - Hultmans Holme : District history]. Gothenburg: Föreningen Gamla Holmepojkar. pp. 43–46.
- ISBN 91-7209-418-4.
- ^ Not to be confused with the paddle steamer Göta Elf, built in 1833.
- ^ Rundqvist, Agne, ed. (1982). Kronologiska anteckningar om viktigare händelser i Göteborg: 1619-1982. Göteborg förr och nu, 0348-2189 ; 17 (in Swedish). Gothenburg: Göteborgs hembygdsförbund. p. 82.
- ^ "Göta Elf kantrar". www.kb.se. National Library of Sweden. Archived from the original on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
- ^ Kjellberg, Kjell-Åke (1990). "Älvängen - ängarna vid älven 1823-1990" [Älvängarna - the fields by the river 1823–1990]. Länspumpen. 1984 (1): 58.
- ^ "P-arken på plats vid Lilla Bommen". Västsvenska paketet (in Swedish). Retrieved 2020-04-20.
- ^ "15 of the World's Most Unusual Parking Garages". CarInsuranceQuotes.com. 22 July 2016. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
- ^ "P-arken öppen för besöksparkering - Vårt Göteborg". 2016-01-04. Archived from the original on 2016-01-04. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
- ^ "P-arken får ny hemvist". 2017-03-16. Archived from the original on 2017-03-16. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
- ^ "Ships Photos - ShipSpotting.com - Ship Photos and Ship Tracker". www.shipspotting.com. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
Further reading
- Fredberg, Carl Rudolf A:son (1922). Det gamla Göteborg: lokalhistoriska skildringar, personalia och kulturdrag. D. 2 (in Swedish). Göteborg. pp. 625–640.
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