The sign is located on a pillar at the beginning of the Alexander III Bridge, and on it are the names of the architects, engineers and contractors who participated in its construction.
The bridge, named after Tsar Alexander III, was inaugurated for the World Exhibition held in Paris in 1900, a fact indicated on the sign, and on the sign located on a nearby pillar:
EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE INTERNATIONALE DE 1900 A ETE ORGANISEE ET DIRIGÉE PAR
ALFRED PICARD
COMMISSAIRE GENERAL ASSISTE DE
DELAUNAY-BELLEVILLE DERVILLE
BOUVARD CRISON DEFRANCE
CHARDON RESAL
DIRECTORES GENERAUX DIRECTEURS ET CHEFS DE SERVICE
[Translation]
THE PONT
ALEXANDRE III
WAS BUILT FROM 1897 TO 1900
UNDER THE DIRECTION
OF ALFRED PICARD
COMMISSIONER GENERAL
OF THE 1900 UNIVERSAL EXHIBITION
ASSISTED BY
BOUVARD
DIRECTOR OF ARCHITECTURE
BY
JEAN RÉSAL AND AMédée ALBY
ENGINEERS
CASSIEN-BERNARD AND GASTON COUSIN
ARCHITECTS
SCHNEIDER ET CIE AND FIVES-LILLE
MAIN BUILDERS
LETELLIER AND BOUTRINQUIEN
MAIN CONTRACTORS
Click for a larger image The pillar on which the sign is located was photographed on the same day
Click for a larger image As was the adjacent pillar
Click for a larger image The bridge itself was photographed on the same day
Click for a larger image And in 2022 by Yael Gairola
Click for a larger image The name of the factory that built the bridge appears on the bridge railing:
SCHNEIDER & CIE ET CIE DE FIVES-LILLE
Click for a larger image Additional details about the bridge can be found here
Click for sign's details Translation of the text on the sign:
THE 1900 INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSAL EXHIBITION WAS ORGANIZED AND DIRECTED BY
ALFRED PICARD
COMMISSIONER GENERAL ASSISTED BY
DELAUNAY-BELLEVILLE DERVILLE
BOUVARD CRISON DEFRANCE
CHARDON RESAL
GENERAL DIRECTORS DIRECTORS AND HEADS OF DEPARTMENT
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