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ID: 700002947
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700002947
Record Type: Built Work
El-Kantara Bridge (bridge (built work); unknown Algerian architect; 1863; Constantine (Al-Jazā'ir, Africa, World, Top of the TGN hi...;)
Note: Bridge built in 1863 on the ruins of a previously demolished structure. There were five previous bridges built on this site.
Titles:
El-Kantara Bridge (preferred,C,U,English,U,U)
el-Kantara Bridge (C,U,undetermined,U,U)
Catalog Level: item
Work Types:
bridge (built work) [300007836] (preferred)
..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, transportation structures, <transportation structures by form>)

Classifications:
architecture (preferred)

Creation Date: 1863

Creator Display:
unknown Algerian architect [preferred,VP]
unknown Algerian (Algerian cultural designation) [500125294]
Locations:
Current: Constantine [7000350] Algeria (nation), Africa (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)
Address Note: 36.369144, 6.618521
Display Materials: iron
iron (metal) [300011002]
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by composition or origin>, <iron and iron alloy>)

Dimensions: 188 feet long
Cultures:
Algerian (preferred)

General Subject:
architecture (preferred,isness)

List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Built Works
.......... Built Works by class: fortifications, transportation, bridges, barriers, military, and engineering works
Sources and Contributors:
El-Kantara Bridge........ [JPGM,VP]
........ Professional Papers of the Corps of Royal Engineers (1877-1905)
........ Cook's Practical Guide to Algeria and Tunisia (1908)
el-Kantara Bridge........ [VP]
........ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]
Note:
English ..... [VP]
..... Cook's Practical Guide to Algeria and Tunisia (1908) 279
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