On Tuesday 8 February I went to the location of Strijp R to take Photos. I
had already asked by mail if I could take Photos on the location, the
answer was that I had to ask it to the foreman who was on the location.
So I went to him to ask if it was possible, the answer was that it was
not possible that day, but the next Friday he had some time to guide me
over the area.
Strijp R is an old
industrial area which will be reformed into a residential area. The most
buildings are already broken down, some of the buildings are partly left
over to give them a new intention in the new area. The whole area is
used for about 100 years by the industry. The main goal of the area was
to make TV tubes for all kinds of TV’s. The TV tube is the main part
of the TV where the image which you see on the TV will be made. All the
parts of the TV tube where made on this area. In this state of the
transformation of the area the pollution in the ground will be removed,
after which the build of the new buildings can start. To get the
pollution out of the ground, a special company is on the site which is
specialized in this kind of pollution.
 Friday
the 11th of February I went back, right after school, to
Strijp R. The foreman told me the security rules, such as to wear
special clothing. After this we went to a special container in which the
special clothing hangs. It was nothing more than an overall and some
boots, but these are effective when you get some oil on your clothing,
it will not come through the overall. After we changed our clothing, the
tour began. The foreman showed me an area which was already done. Here
was the former canon montage, a canon in a TV is a part in which the
colors are “fired” on the TV screen. All the colors on the TV are
made with 3 colors, Red Green and Blue. These colors are fired on every
pixel on the screen so every pixel can have every color. After the first
step of cleaning this place, they have placed a system called
“In-Situ”; this is a special system that will get the pollution on a
natural way out of the ground.
After
he showed me this area, we went to a building that is still partly
there. In this building is the former garage of the area, in here the
trucks were stalled. Also there were some offices, in one of these my
father worked, his office is still there. He was a safety advisor for
the whole area. This building will be partly left over because there is
a special guard’s post which will be renovated.
 After
this we walked further on and came by an area where in the past the
building in which test tubes and small series of tubes were made was
standing. Next to this building was the Glass factory, in which the
glass for the TV tubes were made and pressed in the right shape. Between
these buildings was a walking bridge which is still there. The buildings
are removed, so the bridge is standing there alone. The area of the
glass factory is now getting cleaned, the ground will be excavated and
cleaned on site. When the ground is clean, it will be placed back and
the in-situ system will be installed. Next to this area is also a
building still partly intact, this building used to be for making the
Phosphorus for in the TV tube. The canon shoot the colors to the
Phosphorus, the phosphorus makes the right colors on the screen. The
Phosphorus is placed on the back of the screen you look at.
On the center of the Strijp R was a tall building, this was partly offices
and partly laboratories. This building was blown up and now only the
basement is still there. This also has to be removed in some time. Next
to this building is a small building that still stands. This is a
building in which the air pressure, steam and al the energy which was
needed for all the buildings was made and transferred to all the
buildings.
On
the rest of the area are still buildings, some of these will be removed,
some will stay. In one of the buildings is now a company of an artist
which makes furniture, this will be part of the new area. This building
was used to made magnets.
In
4 years the area will clean and the new buildings will be built for new
use. The area is then completely transformed in a residential area in
which some parts still have a remaining of the old factory’s in which
the old TV’s where made.
Many thanks to the forman of the area.
More information about the TV tube: Wikipedia Cathode ray tube
Sources:
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My father(for the history of the area)
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Biosoil(company that cleans the area) www.biosoil.com
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