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| Keywords: Galerie des machines. Les ponts roulants.jpg This print represents the Galerie des machines which was located behind the Eiffel Tower and the Palais des expositions diverses The Galerie was about 400 meters long about 440 yards A system of moving bridges was devised to take visitors from one side of the building to the next These bridges were powered with electricity During the ten minutes it would take to go through the whole building one could look at the exhibit from above ground These bridges had also been used during the construction of the gallery to carry building materials 1889 engraving 23 6 x 31 4 cm Institution Brown University Library object history exhibition history credit line Huard Charles-Lucien Livre d'or de l'Exposition Tome 1 Paris L Boulanger 1889 accession number 1254147350484375 PD-old Engravings of buildings in Paris Images of Paris from the Brown University Library Galerie des Machines de l'Exposition Universelle 1889 1889 engravings | ||||
