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1. Photo 1221

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1221
Title:
Clowser Collection: Photographs relating to the construction of the Bhor Ghat Railway . Photographer(s): Clowser, George Lewis
Scope & Content:
Collection of 29 albumen prints loosely inserted in corner slits in a cloth bound album measuring 305 x 250 mm. According to the donor, the photographs were taken by his great grandfather George Lewis Clowser, who was employed as an engineer on the Great Indian Peninsular Railway from 1853. He a...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1855-1859
Extent:
29 items

2. Photo 1221(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1221(1)
Title:
[Group of bungalows on the Bhore Ghat Incline.] Photographer: Clowser, George Lewis
Scope & Content:
View looking up a hillside towards a group of houses, probably accommodation for railway staff associated with the construction of the Bhor Ghat Railway Incline.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855-1859
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 1221(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1221(2)
Title:
[Tunnel on the Bhor Ghat Railway Incline.] Photographer: Clowser, George Lewis
Scope & Content:
View looking along the line towards a short tunnel carved out of the steep hillside.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855-1859
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 1221(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1221(3)
Title:
[View on the Bhor Ghat Railway.] Photographer: Clowser, George Lewis
Scope & Content:
View looking along the line towards a point where it is crossed by a stone bridge, with a settlement of thatched huts on the left.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855-1859
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 1221(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1221(4)
Title:
[Village on the Bhor Ghat Railway Incline.] Photographer: Clowser, George Lewis
Scope & Content:
View looking down onto a settlement of thatched huts (railway workers' accommodation?), with part of the line and a tunnel visible in the extreme left background.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855-1859
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 1221(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1221(5)
Title:
[Railway viaduct on the Bhor Ghat Incline.] Photographer: Clowser, George Lewis
Scope & Content:
View looking along the side of a stone viaduct, with rocky hillside rising steeply behind.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855-1859
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 1221(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1221(6)
Title:
[Railway workers with European overseers on the Bhor Ghat Incline.] Photographer: Clowser, George Lewis
Scope & Content:
Group of Indian carpenters, posed with two Europeans.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855-1859
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 1221(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1221(7)
Title:
[Ravine and waterfall on the Bhor Ghat Incline.] Photographer: Clowser, George Lewis
Scope & Content:
View along a wooded ravine towards a waterfall.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855-1859
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 1221(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1221(8)
Title:
[Railway viaduct on the Bhor Ghat Incline.] Photographer: Clowser, George Lewis
Scope & Content:
View showing a section of a stone viaduct on the Bhor Ghat Incline, possibly part of the same structure seen in print 5.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855-1859
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 1221(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1221(9)
Title:
[Railway viaduct and embankment on the Bhor Ghat Incline.] Photographer: Clowser, George Lewis
Scope & Content:
View looking along a viaduct towards a stone embankment on the Bhor Ghat Railway Incline.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855-1859
Extent:
1 item