Sujet

Rustchuk - Bridge of Boats in Course of Construction, 1854. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Rustchuk - Bridge of Boats in Course of Construction, 1854. Crimean War: building a pontoon bridge over the River Danube at Ruse in Bulgaria. 'Rustchuk is a large town on the banks of the Danube: it stands on the river's banks - here, low and swampy, more sand than mud: high hills command it behind. Rustchuk is fortified, and, with the example of Silistria before it, and defended by Turkish troops, flushed with their recent victories, would, probably, prove a stumbling-block for the Russians...The bridge of boats to connect Rustchuk with the island of Rhamadan is nearly completed, and will be a splendid means of communication; the service of victualling a large army by carques being one of great fatigue and expense'. From "Illustrated London News", 1854.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM22B07_303

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Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

23,3Mo (1,7Mo) / 33,5cm x 17,4cm / 3951 x 2060 (300dpi)

Mots clés

transport transportation river people male technology man men religious mosque boat boats country religion guy ship ships island Turkey bridge bridges British geography structure Islam Islamic minaret minarets Turkish war Danube location century empire Bulgaria Britain newspapers press soldiers soldier concept river danube B&W 19th century water transport black & white black and white B W nineteenth century The Print Collector geographical feature Illustrated London News Ottoman Empire TGN ILN pontoon bridge newspaper engraving Crimean War Unknown 19th-century Ruse Rustchuk