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Language Not applicable Place Matara, Sri Lanka, Asia, Ceylon, South Asia Level [40] File

1. Photo 1178(19)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1178(19)
Title:
Matara Railway, May 1895. The Gonja Pana Bridge. One span 120 feet. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
View from the side of the bridge under construction, with European engineers and railway labourers posed beside a steam crane in the foreground. Precise location unidentified.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
May 1895
Extent:
1 item

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. Photo 1178(26)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1178(26)
Title:
Matara Railway, November 1895. Cuttings Nos. 180 and 181 with ballast train. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
View looking down onto a ballast train crowded with labourers.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Nov 1895
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 1178(28)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1178(28)
Title:
Matara Railway, Nov. 1895. Cripps' Hill Tunnel, east face. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Close view of the entrance to the tunnel, with a European seated on a railway trolley in the foreground.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Nov 1895
Extent:
1 item

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