Glass Plate Stereoscopic View "la France Ocean Liner Being Demolished" C.1910

Very beautiful glass plate stereoscopic view format 4.5 x 10.7 cm The liner "La France" in demolition The liner "La France" first of the name was built in Penhoët (Loire-Atlantique) for the Compagnie générale transatlantique and was launched on October 1, 1864. Twin liner of "l'Impératrice Eugénie" "La France" unlike the France of 1962 (3rd of the name) will have had a very long life, remarkable for the time: put into service in 1865, it will not be dismantled until 1910 in Cherbourg, after forty-five years of transatlantic crossings. Its paddle wheels will be removed in 1874 and it will be lengthened by 12 meters. More powerful machines, with propulsion propellers, replaced the original ones. A third mast was added. "La France" participated in the Tonkin expedition, between two voyages.
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