Caption

View of a collapsed railway bridge over the Nagara River in Japan after an earthquake, page, photomechanical print, Japan, cliché maker: Kazumasa Ogawa, after 1891-10-28 - in or before 1892, photographer, paper, collotype, photoprint, height 204 mm x width 282 mm, railway, tramway, rack railway, bridge, consequences of an earthquake, Mino–Owari earthquake 1891, A wide riverside scene with a long metal truss bridge spanning across the water in the distance, supported by piers and showing multiple connected spans; the near foreground shows a rocky embankment and uneven stone surface with scattered grasses and a narrow path or cleared strip alongside it; midground areas of low vegetation and patches of bare soil extend toward the riverbank; on the far shore there are trees and small clusters of foliage; the sky above is pale and mostly empty.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B06_397

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50.2Mb (11.9Mb) / 16.4in x 11.9in / 4921 x 3563 (300dpi)

Keywords

View collapsed railway bridge Nagara River Japan earthquake page photomechanical print cliché maker Kazumasa Ogawa 1891-10-28 - 1892 photographer paper collotype photoprint height 204 mm x width 282 mm railway tramway rack railway bridge consequences Mino–Owari earthquake 1891 wide riverside scene long metal truss bridge spanning across water distance supported piers showing multiple connected spans near foreground rocky embankment uneven stone surface scattered grasses narrow path cleared strip alongside midground areas low vegetation patches bare soil extend riverbank far shore trees small clusters foliage sky pale mostly empty