The Old Locks at Trollhättan

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The old locks at Trollhättan.

(Plate 175.)

Artist

Name:: Mayer, Auguste Etienne François
Dates:: 1805-1890
Country:: France

Illustration

Subjects:: Buildings & Monuments, Landscapes & Places
Technique:: Lithograph
Lithographer:: Cicéri, Eugène
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, The Internet Archive

Book

Title:: Voyages en Scandinavie, en Laponie, au Spitzberg et aux Feröe (Atlas, vol. 2)
Author:: Gaimard, Paul (under the direction of)
Publisher:: Paris: Arthus-Bertrand, n.d. [1852]
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Description:

View of the old lock system at Trollhättan as seen from the top, looking down the Trollhätte Canal. The canal was built to allow boat traffic around the Trollhätte Waterfalls and link Lake Vänern to the Kattegat and the Gothenburg area. This first set of locks was completed in 1800.

The caption reads in the original French: Les vieilles écluses de Trollhattan. Suède.

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