The guns of this battery were being built by Krupps in 1914, to the order of the Belgian Government, for the forts of Antwerp.
Return to the town by Rue de Leffingue, Rue du Chemin-de-fer, and Quai du Châtelet; the latter skirts the 3rd and 2nd Commercial Docks and ends at Place Vanderzweep, near the station (see plan, p. [60]). Cross the bridge, on the left, between the 2nd and 1st Docks, then turn to the right along Quai de l'Empereur.
The Place du Commerce is next reached, at the end of which stands the Church of St. Peter and Paul.
Dock No. 2, Church of St. Peter and Paul (left) and the Station (right.)
Ostend. The Church of St. Peter and St. Paul.
The modern Church of St Peter and Paul stands on the site of a former church of that name (1717) which was burnt down in 1896, with the exception of the campanile still standing behind the new building.
At the foot of the new choir is an allegorical group in white marble (by Fraikin), to the memory of Louis-Marie d'Orléans, first Queen of the Belgians and wife of Léopold I, who died at Ostend in 1850.