Fort de Loncin, Liege, Belgium, 1918 – Antique Photo 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 image of Fort de Loncin, Liege, Belgium, 1918. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
Library of Congress record: Fort de Loncin, Liege, Belgium, Nov., 1918
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Fort de Loncin, Liege, Belgium, 1918
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Fort de Loncin stood on the edge of Liège, Belgium, one of a ring of forts built in the late 1880s to guard the city and the rail lines running into the Meuse valley. Liège was a center of coal mining, metalworking, and arms manufacture, and its foundries had long supplied the Belgian army. In August 1914, German troops pushed through the Liège forts, and at Loncin a powder magazine exploded on 15 August, killing many of the defenders and leaving the fort a shattered ruin. By 1918, Liège had endured four years of German occupation, and the broken concrete at Loncin was a grim reminder of the siege that opened the fighting in Belgium.
| Created / published | 1918 |
|---|---|
| Creator | king, w. l. (william lester) |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Belgium |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,036 px · prints to 18 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Fort de Loncin, Liege, Belgium, Nov., 1918 |
| Reference | BELGIUM Fort de Loncin, Liege, 1918 |
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