[Construction Site at the Corner of the Andrássy Avenue and the Eötvös Street, Viewed from the City, after Finishing the Ceiling Construction]

The photograph represents the construction of the Millennium Underground in Budapest at the corner of the Andrássy Avenue and the Eötvös Street. The first underground electric railway on the European continent was built by the German firm Siemens & Halske in 1894-1896 and was inaugurated by Emperor Franz Joseph on the 2nd of May in 1896. The German-born photographer, György Klösz (1844-1913) was commissioned to document the phases of the construction on the spot. A representative photographic album was published with 15 items, documenting the construction, the entrance buildings of the stations, as well as the technical units of the underground railway.
Klösz, György: Építési hely az Andrássy-út és Eötvös-utcza sarkán, a város felöl nézve, a födémszerkezet befejezésével - Chantier dans la rue Andrássy, pr?s de la rue Eötvös en vue du bois de ville, apr?s l ach?vement de la construction du plafond en fer - [Construction Site at the Corner of the Andrássy Avenue and the Eötvös Street, Viewed from the City, after Finishing the Ceiling Construction], [1896] © Schola Graphidis Art Collection, Hungarian University of Fine Arts - High School of Visual Arts, Budapest