Caption
Les hangars des bassins, Sheds whose roof collapsed due to an explosion of a munitions factory in Oosterweel near Antwerp in 1889, page, photomechanical print, number: '10', photographer: Albéric Lunden, Oosterweel, cliché maker: anonymous, Belgium, printer (person): J. Maes (possibly), Antwerp, 1889, printer (person), paper, collotype, photoprint, height 165 mm x width 230 mm, Image on page 10., the soldier, the soldier's life, ruin of a building, architecture, hangar, Explosion of a munitions factory in Oosterweel in 1889, A large ornate iron structure with decorative cutouts and scalloped edges forms a partially ruined roof over a covered area filled with stacked sacks and crates, wooden beams, and a large wagon wheel; several vertical columns support the framework and ropes and rigging extend upward from the roof; three uniformed figures stand in the foreground wearing dark coats and tall hats, one holding a long object and another with a bag at his side; sections of the roof show exposed trusses and broken panels, and scattered debris lies on the ground beneath the structure.
Credit line
Photo12/Liszt Collection
Reference
LZT26A77_304
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43.0Mb (8.8Mb) / 14.5in x 11.6in / 4340 x 3465 (300dpi)