Hello, all.

I am a (part-time) research student at the University of York in the UK, working on "wall anchors" - "muurankers" (the pieces of metal which are put into buildings while they are being built).

One building that I think may use this technique is 'Bacuna'. Does anyone know this house - I would like to contact the owners or occupiers, and locate it securely on a map (if someone has GPS and can give me the long/lat, I'd be very grateful).

There is also a house at Karpatha which _may_ have wall anchors. Does anyone know it?

I don't think that the slavenhuisjes use the technique (please put me straight on this!) but again would like the long/lat.

With thanks,

Pat
prar100@york.ac.uk

Can you send a photo of this?? We all have metal rods in our buildings..curious as to what the anchor looks like please?

Dear Ann,

'Bacuna' is illustrated in Ank Klomp (1980)'Het "oude" Bonairiaanse woonhuis. Enigge aantekeneing by foto-overzicht' Nieuwe West-Indische Gids 54 (3/4); 155-212 (I saw this in a library, and did not make a copy).

The house in Karpatha I saw in the Temminck Groll photographic archive of the Rijksdienst voor de Monumentenzorg (Zeist, NLD), and again I don't have an image to share with you.

There is a very good website which shows the technique in use: http://www.bmz.amsterdam.nl/adam/uk/bouw1.html

I am trying to attach some images ...

Cheers,

Pat

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Well, that image upload seemed to work just fine, so here are some more images ...

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Pat

There is a 50K limit on picture size. The Bonaire Reporter has been running a series on the historic houses of Bonaire for some time. They do charge an annual fee of $35 to access on line. http://bonairenews.com

Living Houses of Bonaire by Wilna Groenenboom has been in each week for quite a while. The Reporter archives go back several years. Strangely it is not in this week's edition but Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands visited Bonaire this week and this was a major story for the Reporter.

Sorry Pat - welcome to the BT community

Bacuna ... I don't know of any old house... there was an old house which has been some years ago been renovated and added ... the owner now is Gerard van Erps and you can try to contact him via his web site http://www.mangrovecenter.com/engels%20intro.htm

Karpata ... I guess you mean Landhuis Karpata - the owner is the government ..

Perhaps Rooi Lamoenchi is something for you and the owners you can contact via their web site , Mrs. Ellen Herera is very knowledgable http://www.webpagecur.com/rooilamoenchi/

Contact Mrs. Herrera indeed, she or her family is also owner of Bacuna. It's not Gerard van Erps house but it is in that area.

Dear Everyone,

Thank you so much for your responses!

I have now written to Mrs Herrara, and subscribed to the Bonaire Reporter Online.

While searching for Landhuis Karpata on line, I discovered www.satelliteviews.net It doesn't seem quite accurate (looking at where it sends you for Landhuis Bacuna is a bit to the East of the buildings which are intended, I think).

Here are the pictures I promised.

Many thanks,

Pat

Hi Pat, when you download Google earth you can find bacuna at: Latitude: 12? 7'38.98"N
Longitude: 68?13'22.72"W and is indeed a little east of the other (bigger) Landhuis (van Erps, where you see a gate and more buildings).
Bacuna needs restoration and is not open for public.