View of the General Post Office (GPO), O'Connell Street Dublin.

Dublin Core

Title

View of the General Post Office (GPO), O'Connell Street Dublin.

Subject

Post offices
GPO

Description

Lantern slide depicting the General Post Office, O'Connell Street, Dublin. The foundations stone of the GPO was laid by Lord Whitworth on the 12th of August 1814. The architect was Francis Johnston. After the building was destroyed during the 1916 Easter Rising, reconstruction on the building was led by Ofice of Public Works (OPW) team led by TJ Byrne. Originally catalogued as 'D3 VIII, 79' with label 'GPO'.

Creator

Betty Maguire

Publisher

The Discovery Programme

Contributor

The Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland (RSAI)

Format

image/tiff

Language

EN

Type

image

Identifier

RSAI Lantern Slide, Box 16

Alternative Title

BOX16_011

Date Created

11/06/15

Has Format

Scanned to 2400 dpi , 16 bit greyscale image with automatic exposure

Is Part Of

RSAI Lantern slide collection

Extent

7559 x 7559 pixels

Medium

Lantern slides

Spatial Coverage

Country: Ireland
County: Dublin
Logainm County Link: http://www.logainm.ie/100002.aspx
Town: Dublin City
Logainm Town Link: http://www.logainm.ie/1375542.aspx
Irish National Grid East: 15
Irish National Grid North: 35
Position Source: www.logainm.ie
Latitude: 53.349076
Longitude: -6.261029

Rights Holder

The Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland (RSAI)

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