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Collection Area Visual Arts Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 1178 Subject Railway Stations

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(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1178(2)
Title:
Haputale Railway. Ohiya Station — June 1893. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
View looking along the line towards the station, with a train drawn up at the platform and wooded hills rising in the background.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jun 1893
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(13)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1178(13)
Title:
Galle Railway. Galle Station from the north, March 1894. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
View looking along the bank of a small river, towards station buildings under construction.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Mar 1894
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 1178(14)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1178(14)
Title:
Galle railway. Galle Station from the south, March 1894. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
General view looking towards the station, with a church on the hillside beyond.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Mar 1894
Extent:
1 item

6. 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

7. 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

8. Photo 1178(23)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1178(23)
Title:
Matara Railway, Nov. 1895. Matara Station from approach road. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
General view of the exterior of the newly-completed station, with European figures posed in front.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Nov 1895
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 1178(24)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1178(24)
Title:
Matara Railway, Nov. 1895. Matara Station yard looking east. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
General view looking along the line towards the station buildings and sidings.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Nov 1895
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 1178(25)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1178(25)
Title:
Matara Railway, Nov. 1895. Matara Station yard looking west. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
General view looking along the line towards the station buildings and sidings, with European and Singhalese figures posed beside the locomotive in the foreground.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Nov 1895
Extent:
1 item