Machine Perforatrice du St. Gotthard

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Machine Perforatrice du St. Gotthard

Charnaux Frères & Cie.
Date
about 1870–1890
Medium
Albumen silver print
Department
Photographs
Institution
Getty Museum

A large drilling machine set on a set of tracks in a tunnel. The machine has multiple drills at varying heights pointed toward the tunnel wall, which has multiple holes in it. A small lamp is hanging above the machine and a curtain has been draped over the wall behind the machine.

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