Bilbao: the Minister of Development launches the first stone for the building work for the exterior port, in El Abra, on the 21st of September this year
Document:
2676
Author:
Comba, Juan
Engraver:
Rico
Printer:
Establecimiento tipografico "Sucesores de Rivadeneyra", Madrid
Book / Album /Dossier:
Ilustración española y americana, la : museo universal : periódico de ciencias, artes, literatura, industria y conocimientos útiles
Date Ilustration format :
1888
Date Theme :
1888
Physical description:
1 25 x 33 cm engraving on a 28 x 40 cm page
Notes:
8th of October 1888. Autographed. (Drawing from life). "In the afternoon of the 21st of September the building work in the exterior port in Bilbao was begun [...]. The [steamer] Auxiliar, carried the first stone on the starboard tambour [...]; this stone was a white marble cube [...]; on one of its sides there was [an] inscription, in red letters".
Subjects:
Communications-Means of transport-Vessels-Steamships