Johannes Jacobus, or J.J. Beijnes (

Haarlem Haarlem (; predecessor of ''Harlem'' in English) is a city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of North Holland. Haarlem is situated at the northern edge of the Randstad, one of the most populated metropoli ...

, 1814 – Haarlem, 1888) was a Dutch businessman and entrepreneur who, along with his brother Antonie Johannes (A.J.) Beijnes, was credited with growing the Haarlem factory

Beijnes Beijnes (1838 – 1963) is a defunct Haarlem manufacturer of carriages, buses, trains, and trams. It was closely associated with the Hollandsche IJzeren Spoorweg-Maatschappij (HIJSM) History J.J. Beijnes the elder opened a horse carriage sho ...

into an international manufacturer of train and tram wagons.

Biography

JJ Beijnes - wagenrijtuig -amsterdamsche omnibus maatschappij-1883

He was the son of J.J. Beijnes the elder who had a carriage shop behind the

St. Bavochurch The Grote Kerk or St.-Bavokerk is a Reformed Protestant church and former Catholic cathedral located on the central market square ( Grote Markt) in the Dutch city of Haarlem. Another Haarlem church called the Cathedral of Saint Bavo now serves ...

on the Riviervischmarkt in Haarlem. Both he and his brother went to work for his father, though young A.J. became an independent smith in the

Grote Houtstraat The Grote Houtstraat is a shopping street in Haarlem that connects the Grote Markt to the Houtplein in the direction of the Haarlemmerhout woods. History The street runs along one of two old parallel roads running through the city on either side ...

at number 179."Beijnes : een eeuw van arbeid : 1838 - 1 november - 1938"; by Henri Asselberghs with color plates by Herman Heijenbroek and drawings by Herman Moerkerk; Impressum Haarlem : Spaarnestad, 1938 In 1853 both companies were merged, and in 1858 the company's name was changed to ''Fabriek van Rijtuigen en Spoorwagens J.J. Beijnes'' when they moved premises to what is now Stationsplein, Haarlem in order to serve their largest customer, the Hollandsche IJzeren Spoorweg-Maatschappij (HIJSM). To service the trains on the rails between Haarlem and

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, the HIJSM took on the services of the Fabriek van Rijtuigen en Spoorwagens J.J. Beijnes in Haarlem as sole supplier. The

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engines were imported, but all of the train cars were built by Beijnes. The company grew so fast, that in 1891, the HIJSM, aided by the social activist

Daniel de Clercq Daniel is a masculine given name and a surname of Hebrew origin. It means "God is my judge"Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 68. (cf. Gabriel—"God is my strength"), ...

, began the Haarlem society called ''De Ambachtsschool'' to unify various city efforts to start a vocational school in Haarlem, in order to satisfy their need for workers in the booming train car business.''Deugd boven geweld, Een geschiedenis van Haarlem, 1245-1995'', edited by Gineke van der Ree-Scholtens, 1995, , p555 The J.J. Beijnes carriage factory was in operation for 125 years from 1838 to 1963, and it built and serviced horse carriages (omnibusses), trams, and trains, based at Stationsplein, Haarlem, Netherlands. Today that land is used as a bus station across from the

Haarlem railway station Haarlem railway station is located in Haarlem in North Holland, Netherlands. The station opened at September 20, 1839, on the Amsterdam–Rotterdam railway, the first railway line in the Netherlands. The station building itself is a ''rijksmonume ...

, and all that remains is a sports hall and parking garage with the name Beijnes.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Beijnes, J. J. 1814 births 1888 deaths Dutch businesspeople Businesspeople from Haarlem