Fort de Lembach

Alternative Title:

Maginot Fort, Detail drawings of Fort Lembach and Fort Four a Chaux, and French detail drawings of Forts of Maginot Defense Line

Description:

Drafted and Reproduced by 666th Engr. Topo. Co., Dec., 1944 ; Taken from French detail drawings of Forts of Maginot Defense Line dated 1931. Coordinates approximate and taken from location map covering both forts (Greenwich meridian). Relief shown by contours and spot heights. Contour interval 5 meters. Legend shows various firing sectors, underground communications and cables, ditches, wire entanglements, anti-tank escarpments, steel anti-tank obstacles, fort entrances. Lists: "Armament Fort Lembach" and "Armament Fort Four a Chaux" describe armaments by block, along with the thickness and presence of walls and roofs. Ancillary location map shows Lembach area, France, with both forts, roads, topography. "Wire and tank obstacles are shown as on original French plans. Obstacles may since have changed or been removed." "7.5/DEC.44/666E/6AG 7183."

Creator:

United States, Army

Publisher:

666th Engr. Topo. Co.

Provider:

Stanford

Resource Class:

Maps

Subject:

World War, 1939-1945 and Fortification

Date Issued:

1944

Spatial Coverage:

France, Maginot Line, and Maginot Line (France)

Rights:

Image from the Map Collections courtesy Stanford University Libraries. This item is in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use. If you have questions, please contact Branner Earth Sciences Library & Map Collections at brannerlibrary@stanford.edu.

Rights Holder:

This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.

License:

https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

JPEG2000

Georeferenced:

More details at:

https://purl.stanford.edu/dk446qw9717