Viaduc de Chaumont

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Shomonsky Viaduct (French Viaduc de Chaumont.) - the viaduct in the French department of Haute-Marne in the town of Chaumont. Runs above the valley of the Marne River. On a viaduct passes a railway line between Paris and the Swiss city of Bazel.Postroen just 15 months in 1855-1856. Under the supervision of Eugene Dekomblya (Eugène Decomble) 2,500 workers and 300 horses built of stone viaduct, the total volume of which is estimated at 60 thousand. M³. Has a length of 600 m and a height of 52 meters consists of three levels of arches, whose number is in the lower level is 25, the average -. 49, and the top - 50. On the lower level is a pedestrian dorozhka.31 August 1944, German troops in retreat blew four viaduct feet (45 m), which at the end of 1945 were restored from concrete and stone. In 1960 it was issued postage stamps depicting Shomonskogo viaduct.