The Rederij der Drijvende Droogdokken held a license[2] to the patent to operate dry docks in Amsterdam for 5 years, i.e. till December 1846.

Both required the Rederij der Drijvende Droogdokken to realize a second dry dock before the extinction of the patent.

By August 1844 it became known that shipping line Rederij der Drijvende Droogdokken had decided to build a second dry dock, and to moor it in the Westerdok.

Amsterdam Wooden Drydock I had been based on an American dry dock that started to operate in New York in 1839-1840.

When it was taken into use there was a particular note that Amsterdam Wooden Drydock II was a good 14 m longer than the dry dock in the Oosterdok.

On 30 September 1844 Amsterdam Wooden Drydock II was opened by receiving the large three mast ship Africa.

[8] A visit to the Westerdok by the Koninklijk Instituut van Ingenieurs in 1858 showed just how much the dry dock was part of modern technology in 1858.

[11] On her next return voyage she ran aground near Egmond aan Zee in January 1861, but got free on her own.

As such a note by J. Kooij Jr. about her good qualities made it into a political debate about building navy ships in the Dutch East Indies, instead of sending them from the Netherlands.

[14] Amsterdam Wooden Drydock II is depicted almost in its entirety on a c. 1860 painting of the Westerdok by Kaspar Karsen.

On 7 August 1890 a large amount of oak, pine and fir from the dry dock in the Westerdok was offered.