Caption
Truss bridge, album page, photograph, Album page with a photo of a factory hall with a truss bridge, intended to span the Kali Porong. Part of a photo album with photos of machines and structures of the NV Machinefabriek Braat in Surabaya, Sukabumi, and Tegal from the period 1931-1937., Surabaya, 1931 - 1937, photographer, Java, East Java, paper, pasteboard, gelatin silver print, developing gelatin silver print, height 160 mm x width 224 mm, height 250 mm x width 320 mm, Person, NV Machinefabriek Braat, bridge, factory-interior, machine shop, economic history, overseas history, bridge building, company history, Period, A sepia-toned photograph shows the interior of a large industrial building with a vaulted roof supported by a grid of metal trusses and beams; a massive riveted steel framework structure fills most of the central space, composed of angled supports, cross-bracing, and large horizontal sections resting on blocks, with visible rivet heads and flanged edges; the background reveals rows of windows high on the walls and additional metalwork and machinery along the sides; overhead, a pulley and hoisting wheel hang from the roof trusses; a man in work clothes stands in front of the steel structure near its base, looking forward with one hand resting on a lower beam; shafts of light create bright patches on the floor and parts of the structure, and the scene is bordered by a wide plain mat with a small handwritten mark near the right edge.
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Photo12/Liszt Collection
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LZT26A76_022
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