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Occupation
  
Architect


Name
  
Karel van

Karel Hendrik van Brederode

Born
  
11 December 1827 (
1827-12-11
)
Haarlem, Netherlands

Died
  
September 19, 1897, Deventer, Netherlands

Karel Hendrik van Brederode ( [ˈkaːrəl ˈɦɛndrɪk fɑn ˈbreːdəˌroːdə]; 11 December 1827 – 19 September 1897) was a Dutch engineer and architect of railway stations. In 1847 he was cofounder of the Koninklijk Instituut van Ingenieurs in The Hague.

Buildings

Over 110 railway stations in the Netherlands were built following Brederode's design. Among these were:

  • Den Helder railway station (1862–1958; demolished)
  • Roermond railway station (1862)
  • Sittard railway station (1862–1923)
  • Tilburg railway station (1862–1961; demolished)
  • Harlingen railway station (1863)
  • Leeuwarden railway station (1863)
  • Zutphen railway station (1863–1951; demolished)
  • Alkmaar railway station (1864)
  • Eindhoven railway station (1864–1912; demolished)
  • Hoogezand-Sappemeer railway station (1865–1989; demolished)
  • Scheemda railway station (1865)
  • Steenwijk railway station (1865–1972; demolished)
  • Winschoten railway station (1865)
  • Zuidbroek railway station (1865)
  • Zwolle railway station (1866)
  • Vught railway station (1866)
  • Nieuweschans railway station (1867–1973; demolished)
  • References

    Karel Hendrik van Brederode Wikipedia