Caption
View of a machine in the remains of a munitions factory that exploded in Oosterweel near Antwerp in 1889, La machine d'épuisement des cales sèches, page, photomechanical print, number: '6', photographer: Henri Colon, Oosterweel, cliché maker: anonymous, Belgium, printer (person): J. Maes (possibly), Antwerp, publisher: J. Maes, 1889, Henri Colon, J. Maes, photographer, cliché maker, printer (person), publisher, paper, collotype, light printing, height 165 mm x width 230 mm, Image on page 6., ruin of a building, architecture, machines, parts of machines, tools and appliances, Explosion of a munitions factory in Oosterweel in 1889, A wide sepia-toned scene of a waterfront construction area shows a partially built or demolished brick structure with large arched openings and exposed wooden beams, adjacent to a tall cylindrical chimney. Scattered piles of rubble and stacks of timber lie along the quay in front of the building, where scaffolding, ladders, and construction machinery with visible wheels and pulleys are positioned. Several men in period clothing stand or work among the materials near a large wooden gate set into the brickwork, while masts and rigging of ships appear behind the left side of the structure. In the foreground a stone retaining wall runs horizontally, with a weathered wooden post and lengths of timber lying on a cobbled surface.
Credit line
Photo12/Liszt Collection
Reference
LZT26B09_086
License type
Rights managed
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35.3Mb (8.5Mb) / 13.0in x 10.6in / 3893 x 3165 (300dpi)