What the world's most famous landmarks looked like in the beginning
Categories: Design and Architecture | History
By Pictolic https://pictolic.com/article/what-the-world39s-most-famous-landmarks-looked-like-in-the-beginning.htmlRetronaut creator and curator Wolfgang Wilde has released a book that will change the way we think about the past. The book "Paper Time Machine" contains 130 specially selected historical photographs that amaze with their exceptional rarity and restored color. High value shots were colorized by Jordan Lloyd of Dynamichrome.
This selection will take you back to the 1840s-1940s, when the construction of today's most famous sights was just begun.
(Total 10 photos)
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April 1844. Construction of Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square, London.
1882 Construction of the Statue of Liberty in the workshop of the French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi in Paris.
1880s. Construction of the bell tower of the Sacré-Coeur Basilica on the highest point in Paris - Montmartre hill.
1889 The design of Tower Bridge began in 1881, and the bridge was opened 13 years later. The author of the project, Sir Horace Jones, provided for the central part of the bridge to rise to allow passenger ships to pass.
July 1888, construction of the Eiffel Tower.
In 1918, under the command of Colonel and archaeologist William Hawley, excavations of Stonehenge began.
May 31, 1932. John Gutzon Borglum, an American architect, evaluates work on the face of George Washington on Mount Rushmore.
Construction of the Hoover Dam, a unique hydraulic structure in the United States, which is a concrete arch-gravity dam 221 m high and a hydroelectric power plant built in the lower reaches of the Colorado River.
1934 Construction of the Golden Gate Suspension Bridge, San Francisco.
Restoration of the Taj Mahal. A private from Texas tries to catch a goldfish in a pond.
Keywords: 19th century | 20th century | Sights | Building | Color photography
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