Paris Exhibition of 1889 - Machinery Dept
Paris Exhibition of 1889 - Machinery Dept - High Glass - roofed hall with machines Exhibits. Part of Box 119 Boswell Collection. The Gallery of Machines was an industrial showcase of low transverse arches, designed by the engineer Henri de Dion (1828-78). Many of the buildings and statues were made of staff, a low-cost temporary building material invented in Paris in 1876, which consisted of jute fiber, plaster of Paris, and cement
Picture No
11058757
Media ID
44904982
Size
4385px x 4385px
(10.7MB)
Credit
©The Boswell Collection, Bexley Heritage Trust / Mary Evans
Source
Unattributed Lantern Slide from the Boswell Collection, Bexley Heritage Trust
Date
1889





























