Le viaduc de Chaumont
by 2bhappy4ever
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Le viaduc de Chaumont
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2bhappy4ever
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Photograph - Photo Art
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Le viaduc de Chaumont / Chaumont Viaduct; Photography & digital art of different subjects.
Chaumont Viaduct was built in fifteen months between 1855 and 1856. Day and night 2500 workers and 300 horses allowed this rapid construction at the time. The project owner is the Eastern Railway Company and the architect Eugène Decomble. It is built to allow the railway to reach the high part of the city. The book consists of 60 000 m3 of masonry.
August 31, 1944, in their retreat, the Germans destroyed two arches of the viaduct (45 meters long), to cut the railway track and block the road Chaumont-Auxerre. Because of the strategic importance of the line, it is quickly restored thanks to a temporary track in service on 28 December 1944 and the viaduct is actually rebuilt November 6, 1945. (Source: Wikipedia)
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July 19th, 2016
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