Adriaan van der Plas Development of transport (1942)

These nine terracotta ornaments around the entrance of the former headquarters of the RET together form the 'Development of transport'. At the bottom it starts with carrier pigeons, above that carriages and (ferries) boats are visible. In the arch at the top you can see the first buses and trams with passengers, as the RET used them when this depot was built in the early 1940s. In the middle under the letters RET is a coat of arms and the city of Rotterdam. The whole contains many details and is a beautiful decoration with a monumental quality. Around the corner on the facade of the former garage on Sluisjesdijk, sculptor Adriaan van der Plas made another facade relief. It says Hermes depicted, the Greek god of travelers. The original RET logo is depicted in the lower right corner.