Fischauktionshalle
Steel-and-glass basilica-style hall where small river fishermen once auctioned their catch against wholesalers.
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This guide to Fischauktionshalle in Hamburg opens in the 1890s, when small boats fishing the river Elbe were being squeezed out by giant steam trawlers and wholesalers who could refuse a fair price. It follows Altona, a rival Prussian city locked in old rivalry with Hamburg, as it builds a public auction hall in 1896 with trained auctioneers whose job was to wring the best price from dealers, fish by fish. Steel columns still hold up the three-aisled, basilica-style roof where the auctioneer's voice once rang.
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