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Public Record

A register of reference studies: bridges, roads, stairs and water structures.

Custody sheet

About the register

Public Record is a demonstration collection: six reference studies of civil structures, each built from one freely licensed photograph and a sheet describing what it shows.

Custody facts
HolderPublic Record (fictional demo collection)
ScopeBridges, an elevated road, a stair and a water tank
RecordsSix, in three series
ArrangementNumbered in order of entry; grouped by series
SourcesWordPress Photo Directory, CC0 1.0
FormatOne photograph, a facts table and short notes per record

What a record holds

A record states what can be seen: materials, structure, how the thing meets the ground or the water, and what surrounds it. Where a photograph cannot tell us something, such as a location, a builder or a date of construction, the record leaves it out.

How to read it

Read the register from the top, or open the Work page to see each series together. Every record sheet lists others from its series, so a bridge pier can be compared with a bridge arch without leaving the page.

A concrete arch bridge beneath a cloudy sky, with a staircase and green vegetation below.
PR-02, concrete arch over a stair. Photograph: Rashed Hossain, CC0.

The photographers dedicated these photographs to the public domain under CC0 1.0. The register, its series and its wording are fictional, written for this demonstration; they do not describe a real archive, client or commission.

Photograph credits

RecordPhotographerLicenceSource
PR-01Joel PeraltaCC0-1.0WordPress Photo Directory
PR-02Rashed HossainCC0-1.0WordPress Photo Directory
PR-03Mehraz MorshedCC0-1.0WordPress Photo Directory
PR-04Bigul MalayiCC0-1.0WordPress Photo Directory
PR-05Mohammed KatereggaCC0-1.0WordPress Photo Directory
PR-06asterneckyCC0-1.0WordPress Photo Directory

All photographs with descriptions