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032-003184106 Collection Area Visual Arts Material Type Photographs

1. Photo 1178

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1178
Title:
Views of construction work on the Haputale, Kurunegela, Galle and Bandarawela Railways, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Photographer(s): Unknown (probably William Louis Henry Skeen and Co)
Scope & Content:
Collection of 30 loose albumen prints, captioned and dated in a contemporary hand on the reverse, documenting railway construction in Ceylon in the early to mid-1890s. The views show work in progress on the Matara and Galle lines (following the coast along the south-west corner of the island), t...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1893-1895
Extent:
30 items

2. Photo 1178(12)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1178(12)
Title:
Bandarawela Railway — Bandarawela Hotel, June 1894. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
General view of the hotel, a single storey masonry bungalow with thatched roof.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jun 1894
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 1178(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1178(4)
Title:
Haputale Station, June 1893. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
General view from the neighbouring hillside, looking down onto the station, with wooded hills rising steeply in the background.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jun 1893
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 1178(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1178(9)
Title:
Bandarawela Railway. Tunnel No. 1, June 1894. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
View looking along the line towards the tunnel entrance, with the hillside falling sheerly on the right.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jun 1894
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 1178(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1178(5)
Title:
Bandarawela Railway, June 1893. Rock cuttings near 2M: 52 chs. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
View looking along the rock cuttings carved out of the sheer hillside.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jun 1893
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 1178(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1178(7)
Title:
Bandarawela Railway, June 1893. Bridge 4 and tunnel at 4M 45chs. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
View looking down onto bridge construction work, with the entrance to the tunnel in the background. This view shows an early stage of construction, with the line itself not yet laid.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jun 1893
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 1178(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1178(8)
Title:
Bandarawela Railway, June 1893. Culvert No: 21 at 1 mile 34 chains. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
View looking down onto construction work in progress on the masonry culvert.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jun 1893
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 1178(16)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1178(16)
Title:
Karunegala Railway, March 1894. Karunegala Station. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
General view looking along the line towards the station at Kurunegala, with a European figure posed beside the locomotive in the left foreground.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Mar 1894
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 1178(17)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1178(17)
Title:
Karunegala Railway, March 1894. Potuhera Station. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
View looking across the line towards newly-built station buildings at Potuhera, south of Kurunegala, with two Europeans posed on the platform.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Mar 1894
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 1178(30)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1178(30)
Title:
Matara Railway, Nov. 1895. Kamburugamuwa Station. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
General view looking along the line towards the platform and other station buildings.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Nov 1895
Extent:
1 item