1824 / 1830 CONSTRUCTION OF THE VIEILLE BRIOUDE BRIDGE Haute - Lot 753

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1824 / 1830 CONSTRUCTION OF THE VIEILLE BRIOUDE BRIDGE Haute - Lot 753
1824 / 1830 CONSTRUCTION OF THE VIEILLE BRIOUDE BRIDGE Haute Loire (43). Attractive file of around 150 pages. Letters received, reports, memoranda from the company in charge of the work, Ets LALIER et MONTROBERT. Situation of works carried out, comments, rubble removal, type of construction, materials used, costings, soldiers requisitioned etc etc.... Historical analysis of the construction site and its ups and downs, since the Lalier et Montrobert company had to file for bankruptcy due to construction hazards. PONT DE VIEILLE BRIOUDE; On the site of the former medieval bridge washed away by flooding. - Arch bridge -a single 45-meter arch- to cross the Allier. Designed by engineer Gouilly. Enables road links between the Brivadois and Velay regions; until then, the Allier had to be crossed by ferry. Work awarded on May 12, 1824, completed in April 1832. One of France's "most beautiful bridges".
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