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032-003190111 Collection Area Visual Arts Material Type Photographs

1. Photo 1063

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1063
Title:
Photographs of the Construction of the Cauvery-Mettur Dam and associated canals. Photographer(s): Klein and Peyerl; New York Times
Scope & Content:
Collection of 14 loose prints showing construction work on the Cauvery Mettur Dam Scheme, accompanied by a typescript list of captions and additional notes. The majority are reproduced in C. G. Barber, History of the Cauvery-Mettur Project (Madras, 1940). Print 15 is unrelated to this series and...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1927-1934
Extent:
15 items

2. Photo 1063(15)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1063(15)
Title:
Coracles, Karkankote, 1895. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Poor quality snapshot looking down onto two coracles beside a river. Location of Karkankote unidentified. [Developing-out paper, 74x82mm].
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1895
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 1063(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1063(2)
Title:
Cauvery-Mettur Dam Project. Aqueduct of the Grand Anicut Canal crossing the Agniar River. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
View looking along the aqueduct from the riverbank. The accompanying typescript note reads: Grand Anicut Canal. The aqueduct where the Grand Anicutr Canal crosses over the Agniar River at a higher level 24 miles south of Tanjore. A road bridge is carried by the side of the canal across the Agnia...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1930
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 1063(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1063(3)
Title:
Cauvery-Mettur Dam Project. Grand Anicut Canal Head-sluice. Photographer: New York Times Studios
Scope & Content:
View looking along the canal towards the sluice. The accompanying typescript note reads: Grand Anicut Canal Head-sluice. The water from the dam after flowing down the Cauvery river bed for 125 miles reaches the Grand Anicut, a low dam across the river. Here the water is diverted through this hea...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1930
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 1063(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1063(6)
Title:
Cauvery-Mettur Dam Project. The new dam across the Cauvery River. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
View looking towards the dam from downriver. The accompanying typescript note reads: The new dam across the Cauvery River in Southern India. The largest single block of masonry in the world. Fifty-five million cubic feet of masonry went into its construction. Picture of the incomplete dam in 193...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1933
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 1063(14)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1063(14)
Title:
[Cauvery-Mettur Dam Project. View of the Ellis Saddle Surplus Sluices]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
General view of surplus sluices. For a description of these works, see C. G. Barber, History of the Cauvery-Mettur Project (Madras, 1940), pp. 121-28. The work was undertaken between 1929 and 1931. [Gelatin silver print, 200x140mm].
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1931
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 1063(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1063(7)
Title:
Cauvery-Mettur Dam Project. The River Cauvery at Mettur in 1927 when the work had just started. 'Tiger Hill' is in the background and by the river bank is the tree which appears in the picture of the completed dam. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
General view looking across the river towards Tiger Hill. [Gelatin silver print, 198x117mm].
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1927
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 1063(13)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1063(13)
Title:
Cauvery-Mettur Dam Project. The commemorative obelisk. Photographer: Klein and Peyerl
Scope & Content:
View of the obelisk, with the dam in the background. The accompanying typescript note reads: The Obelisk. 'This memorial commemorates the inauguration of the Cauvery Mettur Project by His Excellency the Right Honourable the Viscount Goschen of Hawkhust G.C.I.E., C.B.E., V.D. Governor of Madras, ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1927
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 1063(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1063(8)
Title:
Cauvery-Mettur Dam Project. 7000 cubic feet of water a second being discharged through the sluices ultimately intended to drive turbines and generate electricity. Photographer: Klein and Peyerl
Scope & Content:
Close view of sluices discharging water. Reproduced as plate 48 in C. G. Barber, History of the Cauvery-Mettur Project (Madras, 1940). [Gelatin silver print, 201x150mm].
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1930
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 1063(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1063(4)
Title:
Cauvery-Mettur Dam Project. The maximum flood of 1933 spilling over the gap left for it in the dam during construction. The water going over the crest was 17 feet deep. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
View looking along the dam under construction. Reproduced as plate 27 in C. G. Barber, History of the Cauvery-Mettur Project (Madras, 1940). [Gelatin silver print, 200x117mm].
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1933
Extent:
1 item