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Quai du Risban, Dunkerque, and the Tour des Balaines on the Isle de Re: elevations and sections
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SOURCE: Bernard Forest de Belidor. Architecture hydraulique (Paris, 1819), plates vol. 2 (part 4, pl. XIV, p. 160)
Tour de Cordouan at the estuary of the Gironde: sections and elevations
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SOURCE: Bernard Forest de Belidor. Architecture hydraulique (Paris, 1819), plates vol. 2 (text vol. 4, pl. XIX, p. 160)
Illustration explaining how to draw the perspective of a round building
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SOURCE: James Malton. The young painter's maulstick (London, 1800), pl. XX
Lighthouse and lock gates at Sjotorp, the beginning of the Gota Canal on the eastern shore of Lake Vanern
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NOTES: Thomas Telford was initially engaged by the King of Sweden to oversee the building of the canal which began in 1810 and was officially inaugurated in 1832. Nils Ericson was appointed leader of the canal project in 1824.
Design for lighthouse monument to Dutch naval Lieutenant Jan Carolus Josephus van Speijk, Egmond aan Zee: elevation
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NOTES: The lighthouse is also known as the Van Speyk Monument. The main tower of the monument was completed in 1834 and the mausoleum-like structure at the foot of the tower was added between 1838 and 1840.
Genoa lighthouse: view from the harbour
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NOTES: The lighthouse (also known as 'La Lanterna') was rebuilt in 1543 on the site of an earlier lighthouse dating from around 1128.
Genoa lighthouse: plans, section and elevation
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NOTES: The lighthouse (also known as 'La Lanterna') was rebuilt in 1543 on the site of an earlier lighthouse dating from around 1128.