[THE BERLIN - BAGHDAD RAILWAY] Anonymous sepia toned photograph of a view from north to south of the Jarabulus Railway Bridge on the Euphrates River in Aleppo during World War I

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Aleppo, 1334 [CE 1918].

Original sepia-toned photograph, 18x13 cm. Small chipping along the edges, two cracking lines on the lower left corner, and two small pencil doodles. Otherwise, in good condition.

Anonymous sepia-toned photograph showing a view from north to south of the Jarabulus Railway Bridge across the Euphrates River in Aleppo during World War I. The photo was taken from a high vantage point on the northern bank of the Euphrates. The Ottoman script caption, written in pencil on the back, reads: "Cerablus simendifer köprüsüne simâlden cenûba dogru bakis, Harb-i Umûmî, 1334 [CE 1918]" (i.e., A view from north to south of the Jarabulus railway bridge, World War I, 1334 [CE 1918]).

This bridge was built by engineers under Kaiser Wilhelm across the Euphrates in Jarabulus, Aleppo, Syria. It was designed to support the Berlin-to-Baghdad railway. This largely German-financed project played a role in escalating pre-war tensions between Britain, Germany, and other European powers.