Caption

Rollberg (inclined planes), on which the ships are transported over land on rail wagons using a hydraulic drive to overcome the 99 metre difference in height, built 1848-1860, ship on transport wagon

Date

Sep 24, 2011

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Florian Monheim

Reference

BRK25C21_231

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

53,4Mb (5,4Mb) / 18,3in x 11,4in / 5482 x 3407 (300dpi)

Keywords

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