About 20 results for ‘Demolition’
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Demolition
Demolition is the tearing-down of buildings and other structures. Demolition contrasts with deconstruction, which involves taking a building apart while carefully preserving valuable elements for re-use. For small buildings, such as houses, that are only two or three stories high, demolition is a rather simple process. The building is pulled down either manually or mechanically using large hydraulic equipment: elevated work platforms, cranes, excavators or bulldozers. Larger buildings may require the use of a wrecking ball, a heavy weight on a cable that is swung by a crane into the side of the buildings. Wrecking balls are especially effective against masonry, but are less easily controlled and often less efficient than other methods. Newer methods may use rotational hydraulic shears and silenced rock-breakers attached to excavators to cut or break through wood, steel, and concrete. The use of shears is especially common when flame cutting would be dangerous. The tallest building demolished by nonterrorist methods was the 47-story Singer Building in New York City, which was built in 1908 and torn down in 1967-1968 to be replaced by One Liberty Plaza. There were later taller buildings in the area that fell down due to the September 11 attacks.
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649. THEOULE - LA NOUVELLE CORNICHE
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- Field(s):
- Ethnology
- Photography
- Transport
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- Portrayed subject:
- Demolition
- Design engineer
- Man
- Road
- Théoule-sur-Mer
- Tree
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- Date:
- 20th century
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- Artist(s):
- Hubert Robert
DEMOLITION DES MAISONS DU PONT NOTRE DAME, EN 1786
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Bridge
- Demolition
- House
- Paris
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- Date:
- 18th century
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- Artist(s):
- Pierre Mignard
La pyramide des Corses élevée à Rome puis abattue (1668)
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- Portrayed subject:
- Cardinal (Catholicism)
- Corsica
- Demolition
- Louis XIV of France
- Nobility
- Pyramid
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- Date:
- 17th century
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Démolition de la Bastille, Paris, juillet 1789. (titre fa...
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Demolition
- French Revolution
- Man
- Paris
- Pickaxe
- Prison
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- Date:
- 18th century
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La Démolition de la Halle au blé, actuel 1er arrondissement
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Cart
- Demolition
- Landscape
- Paris
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Hubert Robert
La Démolition des maisons du pont Notre-Dame, en 1786, ac...
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Bridge
- Demolition
- Landscape
- Paris
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- Date:
- 18th century
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Percement de l'avenue de l'Opéra, en 1878 (1er et 2ème ar...
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Demolition
- Horse
- Laborer
- Landscape
- Paris
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- Date:
- 19th century
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La colonne Vendôme après sa chute, le 16 mai 1871 (1er ar...
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Column
- Demolition
- Paris
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- Date:
- 19th century
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Démolition de l'ancien Hôtel-Dieu : les cagnards (actuel ...
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Demolition
- Hospital
- Landscape
- Paris
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Hubert Robert
La Bastille, dans les premiers jours de sa démolition (4è...
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Demolition
- French Revolution
- Paris
- Prison
- Smoke
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- Date:
- 18th century
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Démolition entre Saint-Pierre et le jardin Marchal à Senlis
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Cathedral
- Demolition
- Senlis, Oise
- Tower
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- Date:
- 20th century
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Maison Halatte détruite ouvrant sur la muraille gallo-rom...
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Ancient history
- Demolition
- House
- Senlis, Oise
- Wall
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- Date:
- 20th century
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- Artist(s):
- Maxime Lalanne
Démolition pour le percement du Boulevard Saint-Germain
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- Portrayed subject:
- Demolition
- Paris
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Maxime Lalanne
Démolition pour le percement de la Rue des Ecoles
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- Portrayed subject:
- Demolition
- Paris
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Maxime Lalanne
Démolition pour le percement de la Rue des Ecoles
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- Portrayed subject:
- Demolition
- Paris
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Maxime Lalanne
Démolition pour le percement du Boulevard Saint-Germain
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- Portrayed subject:
- Demolition
- Paris
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Maxime Lalanne
Démolition pour le percement du Boulevard Saint-Germain
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- Portrayed subject:
- Demolition
- Paris
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- Date:
- 19th century
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Les Petits Pères rue Valdemaine au moment de la démolition
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Angers
- Demolition
- Hôtel particulier
- Street
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- Date:
- 19th century
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Démolition de la rue des Lauriers
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Angers
- Demolition
- House
- Street
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- Date:
- 19th century
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