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REMODELLING OF THE STAGE, 1900-1901 ;
The spot line floor during the remodelling of the Royal Opera House stage, 1900-1901. The photograph shows the view up the prompt side spot line floor to the metal spiral staircase that ran from the fly floor to the grid. The spot line floor was between the fly floor and the grid and was used to fly single items to and from the stage, for example, smaller cloths or side flats of scenery, which were still operated manually. To the left is the rail overlooking the stage, to the right the ropes of the counterweight system ;
Engineer - Edwin O. Sachs ;
at the Royal Opera House, London, UK ;
undated, taken from an album dated 1901 ;
The Edwin O. Sachs Photographic Collection ;
Credit : Alfred Ellis / Royal Opera House / Performing Arts Images ;
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Image Size: 2000x2571 / 746.1KB; 1900-1901 1901 album ALFRED an AND ARCHITECTURE b&w b+w backstage behind between black BUILDING cloths COLLECTION COM CONSTRUCTION counterweight dated during EDWIN ELLIS ENGINEER ENGINEERING example flats FLOOR fly for FROM GRID House IS items left line London manually metal Monochrome O of Opera operated OR OVERLOOKING photograph PHOTOGRAPHIC PROMPT RAIL Ran REMODELLING RIGHT ROH ROH-SAC-1-32.jpg ROPES Royal Sachs SCENERY scenes
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REMODELLING OF THE STAGE, 1900-1901 ;<br />
The spot line floor during the remodelling of the Royal Opera House stage, 1900-1901. The photograph shows the view up the prompt side spot line floor to the metal spiral staircase that ran from the fly floor to the grid. The spot line floor was between the fly floor and the grid and was used to fly single items to and from the stage, for example, smaller cloths or side flats of scenery, which were still operated manually. To the left is the rail overlooking the stage, to the right the ropes of the counterweight system ;<br />
Engineer - Edwin O. Sachs ;<br />
at the Royal Opera House, London, UK ;<br />
undated, taken from an album dated 1901 ; <br />
The Edwin O. Sachs Photographic Collection ; <br />
Credit : Alfred Ellis / Royal Opera House / Performing Arts Images ;<br />
www.performingartsimages.com<br />
***Educational Licence Use Only under Performing Arts Images Subscription Service.*** None of these images can be used commercially without prior written permission. ***Contact office@performingartsimages.com for details***

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