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(P. 509.)
Artist
- Name:
- Lafage, Amilcar de
- Country:
- France
Illustration
- Subject:
- Buildings & monuments, Science & technology
- Technique:
- Wood engraving
- Format:
- Portrait (taller)
- Source:
- The Getty Research Institute, The Internet Archive
Book
- Title:
- Les merveilles de la science, vol. 4
- Author(s):
- Figuier, Louis
- Publisher:
- Paris: Furne, Jouvet et Cie, 1870
- Open Library:
- View record
Description
View of the floating lighthouse placed at the entrance of the port of Liverpool in 1869, showing the beacon and the column supporting it, as well as the underwater structure anchored to the seabed. According to the author, this device, designed by A. Freyer, used to rise about 130 ft (40 m) above sea level.
Keywords: 1870s, 19th century, black & white, lighthouse, seascape, underwater


