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Collection Area Visual Arts Subject Engineering Level [40] File

1. ORB.40/584(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
ORB.40/584(4)
Title:
The Myapore Dam. Photographer: Glover, Thomas George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Industrial Photography View looking across the dam on the Ganges Canal, with part of the regulator bridge visible in the background. The accompanying letterpress includes a diagram of this section of the canal: 'The Myapore work consists of a dam (Plate V), thrown across a branch of the ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1864
Extent:
1 item

2. ORB.40/584(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
ORB.40/584(5)
Title:
The Myapore Regulator (up-stream side). Photographer: Glover, Thomas George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Industrial Photography View looking downstream along the canal towards the regulator bridge: 'The Canal supply is regulated at the bridge by decreasing the openings to the necessary extent, and allowing the surplus water to pass off through the dam [shown in print 4]; during heavy floods...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1864
Extent:
1 item

3. ORB.40/584(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
ORB.40/584(6)
Title:
The Myapore Regulator (down-stream side). Photographer: Glover, Thomas George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Industrial Photography View looking upstream along the canal towards the regulator bridge, with a European figure seated on the bank in the foreground.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1864
Extent:
1 item

4. ORB.40/584(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
ORB.40/584(7)
Title:
The Ranipore Superpassage. Main Canal. Mile 5. Photographer: Glover, Thomas George
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Inscribed 'No. 2' in reverse in the negative. Genre: Industrial Photography View looking towards the stone bridge across the Ganges Canal. A note at print 8 explains the function of the structure: 'The term 'superpassage' has been applied to works on the Canals in these provinces,...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1864
Extent:
1 item

5. ORB.40/584(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
ORB.40/584(8)
Title:
The Puttree Superpassage. Main Canal. Mile 9. Photographer: Glover, Thomas George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Industrial Photography General view of the 'superpassage' on the Ganges Canal. See note at print 7.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1864
Extent:
1 item

6. ORB.40/584(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
ORB.40/584(9)
Title:
The Dhunowree Works (looking down-stream). Main Canal. Mile 13. Photographer: Glover, Thomas George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Industrial Photography View looking (upsreeam?) along the Ganges Canal towards a regulator and a bridge in the distance.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1864
Extent:
1 item

7. ORB.40/584(10)

Reference (shelfmark):
ORB.40/584(10)
Title:
The Dhunowree Works (looking up-stream). Main Canal. Mile 13. Photographer: Glover, Thomas George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Industrial Photography View from the dam, looking along the Ganges Canal towards a stone bridge crossing it in the background. With a European man posed in the foreground. See letterpress note and diagram accompanying print 9.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1864
Extent:
1 item

8. ORB.40/584(11)

Reference (shelfmark):
ORB.40/584(11)
Title:
The Peeran Kulleer Bridge [Piran Kaliar]. Main Canal. Mile 14. Photographer: Glover, Thomas George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Industrial Photography View looking along the canal towards the three-spanned masonry bridge over the Ganges Canal.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1864
Extent:
1 item

9. ORB.40/584(12)

Reference (shelfmark):
ORB.40/584(12)
Title:
The Solani Aqueduct. Main Canal. Mile 18. Photographer: Glover, Thomas George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Industrial Photography View looking along the aqueduct which carries the Ganges Canal over the Solani River: 'The river itself is crossed by a masonry aqueduct, which is not only the largest work of the kind in India, but one of the most remarkable for its dimensions in the world. The to...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1864
Extent:
1 item

10. ORB.40/584(13)

Reference (shelfmark):
ORB.40/584(13)
Title:
The Solani Aqueduct (from the river). Main Canal. Mile 18. Photographer: Glover, Thomas George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Industrial Photography View from the bank of the Solani River looking towards the aqueduct.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1864
Extent:
1 item