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Garabit Viaduct: Exterior · Garabit Viaduct (Viaduc de Garabit), a steel railway bridge built by Gustave Eiffel in the years 1880-1884
1/7 · Exterior · Garabit Viaduct (Viaduc de Garabit), a steel railway bridge built by Gustave Eiffel in the years 1880-1884Photo: W. Bulach · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Garabit Viaduct: Exterior · Garabit Viaduct (Viaduc de Garabit), a steel railway bridge built by Gustave Eiffel in the years 1880-1884
2/7 · Exterior · Garabit Viaduct (Viaduc de Garabit), a steel railway bridge built by Gustave Eiffel in the years 1880-1884Photo: W. Bulach · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Garabit Viaduct: Exterior
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Garabit Viaduct: Exterior · Le viaduc de Garabit vu depuis Anglards-de-Saint-Flour
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Garabit Viaduct: Detail · Garabit Viadukt - Detail of southern pier
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Garabit Viaduct: Context
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Garabit Viaduct: Plan
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Photo 1: Exterior · Garabit Viaduct (Viaduc de Garabit), a steel railway bridge built by Gustave Eiffel in the years 1880-1884Photo 2: Exterior · Garabit Viaduct (Viaduc de Garabit), a steel railway bridge built by Gustave Eiffel in the years 1880-1884Photo 3: ExteriorPhoto 4: Exterior · Le viaduc de Garabit vu depuis Anglards-de-Saint-Flour Photo 5: Detail · Garabit Viadukt - Detail of southern pierPhoto 6: ContextPhoto 7: Plan

Infrastructure · Historic precedent

Garabit Viaduct

Gustave Eiffel, Maurice Koechlin · Ruynes-en-Margeride, France · 1884

Key featuresWrought-iron parabolic arch, 165 m main span, 124 m above the Truyère river.

Architect
Gustave Eiffel, Maurice Koechlin
Place
Ruynes-en-Margeride, France
Year
1884
Typology
Infrastructure
Movement
Historic precedent
Region
Europe
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