Sluice Line Constructed on Curve, View of a flushing water line at a mine, page, photomechanical print, inscription: 'A straight line is, of course, preferable for sluices. In background are seen a grizzly and an undercurrent.', California, c. 1885 - in or before 1890, North America, paper, collotype, photogravure, height 109 mm x width 184 mm, mine, pipe system (, water supply), A sepia-toned photograph shows a wooden elevated flume curving from the foreground toward the midground, supported by a framework of trestles, with a long channel running along its top; the flume passes by a hillside where a cluster of simple wooden structures and platforms sit among cleared earth and scattered logs; the surrounding landscape is composed of densely treed slopes and rocky ground, with a riverbed or dry rocky area visible below the flume, and trees and vegetation covering the hills in the background under a pale, hazy sky.
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Sluice Line Constructed on Curve, View of a flushing water line at a mine, page, photomechanical print, inscription: 'A straight line is, of course, preferable for sluices. In background are seen a grizzly and an undercurrent.', California, c. 1885 - in or before 1890, North America, paper, collotype, photogravure, height 109 mm x width 184 mm, mine, pipe system (, water supply), A sepia-toned photograph shows a wooden elevated flume curving from the foreground toward the midground, supported by a framework of trestles, with a long channel running along its top; the flume passes by a hillside where a cluster of simple wooden structures and platforms sit among cleared earth and scattered logs; the surrounding landscape is composed of densely treed slopes and rocky ground, with a riverbed or dry rocky area visible below the flume, and trees and vegetation covering the hills in the background under a pale, hazy sky.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26B02_165

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

44.2Mo (11.3Mo) / 41.1cm x 26.9cm / 4855 x 3179 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Sluice Line Constructed Curve View flushing water line mine page photomechanical print inscription straight line course preferable sluices background grizzly undercurrent California c 1885 - 1890 North America paper collotype photogravure height 109 mm x width 184 mm pipe system water supply sepia-toned photograph wooden elevated flume curving foreground midground supported framework trestles long channel running top flume passes hillside cluster simple wooden structures platforms sit cleared earth scattered logs surrounding landscape composed densely treed slopes rocky ground riverbed dry rocky area visible flume trees vegetation covering hills background under pale hazy sky

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