{"id":192402,"date":"2021-08-07T22:51:50","date_gmt":"2021-08-07T20:51:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oldaalten.nl\/?post_type=plaats&p=192402"},"modified":"2026-09-26T20:21:25","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T18:21:25","slug":"8-becking-vaags-pipe-factory","status":"publish","type":"plaats","link":"https:\/\/oldaalten.nl\/en\/place\/aalten\/hoekstraat\/8-becking-vaags-pipe-factory\/","title":{"rendered":"Becking & Vaags Pipe Factory"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Overview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The former Becking & Vaags pipe factory on Hoekstraat operated from 1885 to 1925 as part of Aalten\u2019s horn industry<\/a>, which was unique in the Netherlands. The company produced pipe stems and later also knife handles.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The factory had its origins with two skilled craftsmen: Wessel Becking and Willem te Gussinklo learned pipe-turning from Gerrit Peters<\/a>. Both then went on a period of Wanderschaft<\/em> in Germany to deepen their knowledge of the trade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After returning in 1880, they started their own business, first in a house on the Kattenberg and from 1883 in the building next to Mr Vreede\u2019s furniture shop<\/a>. That building, with its distinctive bell-shaped gable, was demolished around 1959.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The cadastral map below shows that the two plots on Landstraat and Hoekstraat lie directly in line with one another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Becking\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Becking and Te Gussinklo worked together for a short time, but went their separate ways in 1884.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1885, Becking joined forces with Bernardus Gerhardus Vaags<\/a>, nephew and namesake of Bernard Vaags<\/a>, to establish Becking & Vaags. The factory made pipe stems and later knife handles as well. When sales of German pipes declined, the factory switched to producing short briar pipes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1907, the factory acquired its present appearance. Based on a design by municipal architect Jan Brill<\/a>, the building was extended with an engine room, storage room, workshop, changing room and lavatory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trade with Germany declined after the First World War. In 1921, the factory was shut down for a time; production was later resumed, but only three days a week. In September 1925, Becking & Vaags was still listed as an exhibitor at the Leipzig Trade Fair. Not long afterwards, the company was liquidated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the 1950s, the building served for a time as a nursery school, until the new Beatrix School<\/a> on Oosterkerkstraat was completed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The building on Hoekstraat still stands and has been designated a municipal monument. The chimney, however, has disappeared.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Address<\/strong> history<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1934 address directory<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Aalten B265 > Hoekstraat 8<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Factory<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1950 telephone directory<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\"Prinsenstraat<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

1967 address directory<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Hoekstraat 8<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Warehouse space<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Owners<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This overview is not complete.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Year<\/th>Plot<\/th>Owner<\/th>Description<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
1891<\/td>I-3707<\/td>\u00bd Bernardus Gerhardus Vaags, pipe manufacturer<\/em>
\u00bd Wessel Johannes Becking, manufacturer<\/em><\/td>		230 m\u00b2 pipe factory, yard<\/td><\/tr>
1909<\/td>I-5311<\/td>\u00bd Bernardus Gerhardus Vaags, pipe manufacturer<\/em>
\u00bd Wessel Johannes Becking, manufacturer<\/em><\/td>		346 m\u00b2 factory & yard<\/td><\/tr>
1934<\/td>I-6619<\/td>Hendrik Jan Vreede et al., furniture maker<\/em><\/td>405 m\u00b2 house, factory & yard<\/td><\/tr>
1946<\/td>I-7458
I-7459<\/td>		Hendrik Jan Vreede, furniture maker<\/em>
Hendrik Willem Vaags, baker<\/em><\/td>		355 m\u00b2 house, factory, yard
105 m\u00b2 shed, yard<\/td><\/tr>
1984
1967<\/td>		I-11203
I-7459<\/td>		Hendrik Jan Meerdink, watchmaker<\/em>
Janna Hermina te Paske et al., widow of H.W. Vaags<\/em><\/td>		195 m\u00b2 shed, garden
105 m\u00b2 shed, yard<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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