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Materials Relating to the Building of a Bridge at Bergerac
870536  
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  • Indexing Terms

  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: Materials relating to the building of a bridge at Bergerac
    Date (inclusive): circa 1768-1840
    Number: 870536
    Physical Description: 2 Linear Feet (circa 220 items)
    Repository:
    The Getty Research Institute
    Special Collections
    1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
    Los Angeles 90049-1688
    reference@getty.edu
    URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10020/askref
    (310) 440-7390
    Abstract: A comprehensive collection of architectural materials related to the building of a bridge at Bergerac in southwest France (bulk ca. 1825), containing plans, designs, proposals, explanations, estimates, specifications, correspondence, and other supporting materials.
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    Language: Collection material is in French

    Administrative Information

    Access

    Open for use by qualified researchers.

    Publication Rights

    Preferred Citation

    Materials relating to the building of a bridge at Bergerac, ca. 1768-1840, Getty Research Institute, Research Library, Accession no. 870536.
    http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa870536

    Acquisition Information

    Acquired in 1987.

    Scope and Content of Collection

    Architectural plans, designs, proposals, explanations, estimates, specifications, correspondence, maps, and other supporting materials (the bulk falling around 1825) relating to the building of a bridge at Bergerac in southwest France (department Dordogne) and to the redesign of city streets to accomodate it. The collection apparently comprises a virtually complete archive of the project through the design stage.

    Indexing Terms

    Subjects - Topics

    Civil Engineering
    Architecture -- France -- 18th century
    Architecture -- France -- 19th century
    Bridges

    Subjects - Places

    Bergerac (France)
    Dordogne (France)

    Genres and Forms of Material

    Manuscripts -- France -- 19th century
    Broadsides -- 19th century -- France
    Architectural drawings -- 19th century -- France