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Repairing bridges on the Somme after the advance
Repairing bridges on the Somme after the advance
With a steam engine and lorry in attendance, this image shows a group of soldiers repairing a bridge over the River Somme. It is likely that these soldiers would be Royal Engineers, more commonly known as 'sappers’. There certainly appears to be a large amount of debris scattered in the river, and plenty of other building work taking place. However, given that the Somme was not considered a great …
Contributors
- David, British official photographer McLellan
Subject
- Great Britain. Army. Royal Engineers
- Bridges (built works)
- Repairing
Type of item
- Monograph
- Monograph
- Photograph
Contributors
- David, British official photographer McLellan
Subject
- Great Britain. Army. Royal Engineers
- Bridges (built works)
- Repairing
Type of item
- Monograph
- Monograph
- Photograph
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
Rights
- Available under Creative Commons license; Attribution, Non-commercial, ShareAlike
Issue date
- 2005
- 1914 - 1920
- 1914/1920
- 2005
Places
- Europe, France, Picardy, Somme (department)
Identifier
- 74548946
Extent
- 1 online resource
Is part of
- http://data.theeuropeanlibrary.org/Collection/a1219
Year
- 2005
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-04-06T13:22:30.764Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2016-05-31T08:45:52.713Z