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"Marees salants", basins where salt is recovered from the sea.
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"Marees salants", basins where salt is recovered from the sea.

The island of Gavrinis, Brittany.
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The island of Gavrinis, Brittany.

A sailboat near the island of Gavrinis, Brittany.
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A sailboat near the island of Gavrinis, Brittany.

Profile of the Suez Canal. Blue-print. The canal was built after Alois Negrelli's calculations and blue-prints.
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Profile of the Suez Canal. Blue-print. The canal was built afte...

Construction of the Semmering Railroad Line. First European mountain railroad, crossing the Semmering pass in Lower Austria. Built by Carl Ritter von Ghega (1802-1860).
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Construction of the Semmering Railroad Line. First European mountain...

Construction of the Semmering Railroad Line. First European mountain railroad across the Semmering pass in Lower Austria, by Carl Ritter von Ghega (1802-1860).
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Construction of the Semmering Railroad Line. First European mountain...

The famous "lake" over which the Paris Operahouse is built: A pit,filled with water,which is emptied, cleaned and refilled every ten years. Originally meant for use in case of fire,it is now part of the air- conditioning system.
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The famous "lake" over which the Paris Operahouse is built: A pit,filled with w...

The new North-West station in Vienna. Oil, around 1880
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The new North-West station in Vienna. Oil, around 1880

Salt mining in the Franche-Comte was of great economic importance. In 1773 new and larger buildings in an innovative, neo-classical style were constructed in Arc-et-Senans. Workshops and workers' housing form a fan-like ensemble.
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Salt mining in the Franche-Comte was of great economic importance. In 1773 new a...

Salt mining in the French Comte was of great economic importance. In 1773, new and larger buildings were put up in Senans, built in an innovative neo-classical style. Workshops and exemplary workers' housing form a fan-like ensemble. Claude Nicolas was a Freemason and built the facade in the style of a masonic temple.
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Salt mining in the French Comte was of great economic importance. In 1773, new...

"Le pont-canal," a canal on a bridge across the Loire, 1881 … 1897. The construction was carried out by the Societe Eiffel and cost 2,864.526 Francs.
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"Le pont-canal," a canal on a bridge across the Loire, 1881 … 1897. The constru...

National Library, Paris: The Reading Hall. One of the first modern cast-iron constructions; the nine cupolas are supported by slim cast-iron columns. The National Library is an example of the new architecture of the Second Empire, similar to "Les Halles", the Food Market
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National Library, Paris: The Reading Hall. One of the first modern cast-iron c...