EU: Pont à Matadi, Congo #0208 (1913) through time

Matadi 1913 8 photos of this spot

8 photographs taken at the same spot in Matadi, spanning 1913 — 8 of them from before 1980. Line them up and watch the place change.

Matadi, the Congo River port that served as the gateway to the Belgian colonial administration of the Congo, is shown in this 1913 photograph of the town.

EU: Ville de Matadi, Congo #0209 (1913) 1913 Matadi, the Congo River port that served as the gateway to the Belgian colonial administration of the Congo, is shown in this 1913 photograph of the town.

EU: Ville de Matadi, Congo #0211 (1913) 1913 This 1913 photograph offers another view of Matadi, the river port town that grew rapidly after becoming the terminus of the railway linking the coast to Leopoldville.

EU: Gare de Matadi, Congo #1571 (1913) 1913 The railway station at Matadi is pictured in 1913, marking the starting point of the line built to bypass the Congo River's lower rapids on the route to Leopoldville.

EU: Pont à Matadi, Congo #0208 (1913) 1913 A bridge at Matadi is shown in this 1913 photograph, part of the infrastructure that supported the town's role as the Congo Free State and later Belgian Congo's principal river port.

EU: Gare et Port de Matadi, Congo #1565 (1913) 1913 The station and port facilities of Matadi are pictured together in this 1913 photograph, showing the transport hub that connected river and rail traffic on the lower Congo.

EU: Quai avec contruction à Matadi, Congo #1562 (1913) 1913 Construction work along the quay at Matadi, then part of the Belgian Congo, photographed in 1913; the Congo River port served as the colony's principal gateway for oceangoing shipping.

EU: Rive du fleuve Congo à Matadi, Congo #1567 (1913) 1913 The bank of the Congo River at Matadi in 1913, showing the riverside setting of the port town that linked the interior of the Belgian Congo to the Atlantic Ocean.

EU: Vue de Matadi à partir d'un bateau, Congo #0207 (1913) 1913 Matadi seen from a boat on the Congo River in 1913, offering a waterline view of the hillside port town that marked the head of navigation for oceangoing vessels on the river.