Finding aid for the Materials relating to the building of a bridge at Bergerac,
ca. 1768-1840
Teresa Morales.
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
box 1, folder 1
Legal documents and cost estimates;
ca. 1820
Physical Description: ca. 56 items
box 1, folder 2
Legal documents, letters and cost estimates;
ca. 1820
Physical Description: ca. 17 items
box 1, folder 3
Letters, reports, cost estimates and drawings;
ca. 1820
Physical Description: ca. 62 items
box 1, folder 4
Letters, reports, cost estimates and drawings;
ca. 1820-1840
Physical Description: ca. 57 items
box 2*
Letters,
1822, 1829, 1830
Physical Description:
8
items
Scope and Content Note
8 items. 30 Oct ?; No. 14, 30 Apr 1822; No. 21, 22 Oct 1822; No. 54, 30 Oct 1829; No.
58, 30 Oct 1829; No. 59, 31 Oct 1829; No. 60, 11 Mar 1830; No. 61, 16 Mar 1830
box 3*
Architectural Drawings,
1768-1825
box 3*, folder 1
Plans, elevations, sections, and details,
1820-1823
Physical Description:
9
items
Scope and Content Note
No. 7, 1823, Ponforme à l'éxécution; No. 17, 1820, Élévation détail; No. 5, 1822,
Profil et Sondes; No. 2, 1822, Fondation des Piles; No. 14, 1820, Derrière des
Pavillons; No. 18, 1820, Ville; No. 5, 1820, Élévation detail; No. 22, 1821; Plan
général et élévation; No. 23, 1821, Charpente de cintre
box 3*, folder 2
Map, plans, elevations, sections, and details,
1768-1825
Physical Description:
16
items
Scope and Content Note
No. 2, 1820, Plan général de la Ville (map); No. 1, 1768, Plan et élévation du
l'ancien pont; No. 19, 1822, Plan et profil; No. 1, 1818; No. 3, 1818, Élévation; No.
18, 1820, Profil; No. 22, 1822, Plan et profil; No. 2, 1818, Élévation paralleles; No.
16, 1822, Plan des sabots en fonts; No. 6, 1820, Grillage de fondations; No. 10, 1820,
Élévation des murs de quai; No. 25, 1825, Profils de sondes; No. 9, 1820, Coupes des
voussoirs; No. 16, 1820, Coupes détails; No. 3, 1822, Caisons de la 4e pile; No. 8,
1823, Détail de grillage de fondation
box 3*, folder 3
Sections, broadside, and plans,
1771-1822
Physical Description:
5
items
Scope and Content Note
No. 8, 1820, Profils de nivellement; Affiche d'adjudication (broadside); No. 1, 1822,
Plan général; No. 21, 1820, Profil de nivellement; No. 3, 1771, Plan, Pont de
Bergerac
