Viaduc de la Bouble. (Réseau d'Orléans.) Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
View of the iron viaduct across the Bouble river on the Commentry-Gannat line, seen here under construction, with the final span not yet in place. The viaduct was built 1868-71.
Pont du Scorff. (Réseau d'Orléans.) Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
General view of the iron girder railway bridge resting on masonry piers, built 1860-62 across the Scorff at Lorient, on the Nantes-Châteaulin line. It is assumed that this view was taken shortly after completion, but it is possibly later. For a view of the bridge under construction, see followin...
Pont du Scorff. (Réseau d'Orléans.) Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
View of the railway bridge at a fairly early stage of construction: the river has not yet been spanned and the masonry cladding of the piers is not yet in place.
Pont de Luzech. (Réseau d'Orléans.) Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
View from the bank of the Lot, looking along the side of the masonry bridge towards the far bank, where the line enters a tunnel. The bridge at Luzech was built 1868-69.
Tunnel de Saint-Solve. (Réseau d'Orléans.) Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
View looking along the line towards the mouth of the recently-completed tunnel (built 1873-75) on the Limoges-Brive line, with the village on the hillside above. The line was opened for traffic in December 1875; in this view the laying of the track has not been completed.