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Field photograph·Csn0895·1927–1931

Industrial seascape

Industrial seascape: a long concrete conveyor on tall supports runs down a beach to a pier extending into the sea.
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn0895. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A photograph mounted on card, with a printed title and quotation below. A long concrete-sided conveyor on tall supports crosses the foreground, while a second conveyor on the beach leads down to a pier running out into the sea. Small sheds, a lookout hut, parked vehicles and a boat are visible on the shore, and one small figure stands on the sand.

English, as on the record

INDUSTRIAL SEASCAPE Reno Wideson ". . . In excellency it falls behind no one of the islands. . . There are mines of copper in plenty at Tamassos, in which are produced sulphate of copper and copper rust useful in the healing art." Strabo-A.D. 23 (Geographica)

English, as on the record

INDUSTRIAL SEASCAPE Reno Wideson ". . . In excellency it falls behind no one of the islands. . . There are mines of copper in plenty at Tamassos, in which are produced sulphate of copper and copper rust useful in the healing art." Strabo-A.D. 23 (Geographica)

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Photographs: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm (CC0)