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Collection Area Visual Arts Subject Engineering

61. 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

62. 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

63. 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

64. 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

65. ORB.40/584(14)

Reference (shelfmark):
ORB.40/584(14)
Title:
The Roorkee Bridge (looking up-stream). Main Canal. Mile 19. Photographer: Glover, Thomas George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Industrial Photography View looking upstream along the Ganges Canal towards the Roorkee Bridge, showing the two massive statues of lions, seated on plinths on each side of the waterway, with workshops beyond
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1864
Extent:
1 item

66. ORB.40/584(16)

Reference (shelfmark):
ORB.40/584(16)
Title:
The Workshops, Roorkee. Photographer: Glover, Thomas George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view looking towards the workshops, with trees in the foreground: 'These Shops were originally designed for the purpose of constructing such heavy jobs and machinery for the various Canal works as were beyond the capabilities of ordinary native workmen, ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1864
Extent:
1 item

67. ORB.40/584(17)

Reference (shelfmark):
ORB.40/584(17)
Title:
The Thomason Civil Engineering College, Roorkee. Photographer: Glover, Thomas George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view looking across the lawns towards the main college buildings: 'The Thomason College was established in the year 1847, at the suggestion of Colonel Cautley for the instruction of Europeans and Natives in the theory and practice of Engineering and Sur...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1864
Extent:
1 item

68. ORB.40/584(18)

Reference (shelfmark):
ORB.40/584(18)
Title:
The Asufnuggur Falls. Main Canal. Mile 22. Photographer: Glover, Thomas George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Industrial Photography View from downstream looking towards the weir or overfall on the Ganges Canal.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1864
Extent:
1 item

69. ORB.40/584(19)

Reference (shelfmark):
ORB.40/584(19)
Title:
The Salawa Navigation Channel. Main Canal. Mile 67. Photographer: Glover, Thomas George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Industrial Photography View looking along the navigation canal and road running alongside it. These navigation channels were built to allow traffic on the canal to bypass the weirs or overfalls, such as that seen in print 18.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1864
Extent:
1 item

70. ORB.40/584(20)

Reference (shelfmark):
ORB.40/584(20)
Title:
The Salawa Locks. Main Canal. Mile 67. Photographer: Glover, Thomas George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Industrial Photography General view of the lock at the mid-point of the navigation canal seen in print 19, with European and Indian figures posed in the foreground.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1864
Extent:
1 item