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Biaschina St. Gotthard Railway Switzerland – Antique Wall Art

Biaschina St. Gotthard Railway Switzerland, [between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900]. — historic print
Biaschina St. Gotthard Railway Switzerland, [between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900].. Historic print from the Railroads & Depots collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Biaschina St. Gotthard Railway Switzerland

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Biaschina is a steep, narrow gorge in Ticino, where the Gotthard Railway drops toward the Italian-speaking south. The line opened in 1882 and was an engineering feat through the Alps, and this stretch needed tight curves and cuttings to manage the grade. The print is a photochrom, a color process developed by the Photochrom Co. of Zurich that used multiple lithographic stones to hand-tint a photograph. Detroit Publishing Co. later sold these views in the United States, and this one appears in its 1905 Switzerland catalog.

Created / published[between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900].
Medium1 photomechanical print : photochrom color.
NotesDetroit Publishing Co. Catalogue J, 1905. Print no. 9789. Views of Switzerland
SourceLibrary of Congress, Photochrom Prints
Original scan3,726 × 2,818 px · prints to 12 × 9 in at 300 dpi
Reference303_Biaschina_St_Gotthard_R_1890.tif-07761u

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