The Circum-Vesuviana Railway has been cut, and Cook's line partly destroyed, while the Funicular no longer exists – Historic Print
(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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of The Circum-Vesuviana Railway has been cut, and Cook's line partly destroyed, while the Funicular no longer exists. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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The Circum-Vesuviana Railway has been cut, and Cook's line partly destroyed, while the Funicular no longer exists
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The title records that lava from the 1906 eruption of Vesuvius cut the Circumvesuviana line, partly destroyed Cook's railway, and left the mountain's funicular no longer in existence. The caption card names Arthur S. Riggs, though that attribution is unverified. The April 1906 eruption was one of the most destructive of its era near Naples, and this view shows how quickly the tourist railways on the mountain's slopes could be undone.
| Created / published | 1906 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Subjects | Arthur S. Riggs. Collection. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Volcanoes; Raolroads--Funicular. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,208 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-148514 |
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