Mikeinlagardette's photos with the keyword: folding

Another from the Tourist archives! Montluçon is considered to be "The Gateway to the Auvergne", although it is in the department of Allier - it is quite a classy place, so it is not a surprise to see high quality building here, but this is definitely in a league of it's own! I have no idea of the original purpose, - hotel, bank, insurance office, could be any of them, - nor when it was built, but what is certain is that it is one of the most accomplished examples of brickwork that I have seen! The diamond pattern is worked in a darker brick, and would be a challenge in a flat panel, but to have achieved this on the surface of a circular building, is indeed, a class act. Viewing the image at original size will show what I mean, and also demonstrate that the old Kodak is no slouch either! Taken with a 1948 Kodak Tourist 620, converted to 120 film. f4.5/105mm hard coated Kodak Anaston, X2 yellow filter, on Shanghai GP3 @200, developed in Thornton's Two Bath 5+5 mins @21C, and scanned @ 1200dpi on an Epson V500.

This impressive structure is on a long disused railway line which ran from Guéret to Le Chartre, and although the viaduct took three years to build, the line had a very short life, being opened to traffic in 1906, and finally closed to freight in 1952, although passenger trains ceased to run on this route in 1939. Viaducts were always challenging structures to build, and when built on a curve, as this one is, especially so. It is just over 200m long, built on a curve of 300m radius, and the sixteen arches carried the single line 20m above the River Creuse. Built entirely from granite, it is now part of a pleasant country walk. Taken with a 1948 Kodak Tourist converted to 120, on Shanghai GP3 film, developed in divided D23, 5+5mins@21C and scanned @1200dpi on Epson V500