Lio [Li] and Nako. Rope bridge [across the Spiti river]. Photographer: Pindi Lal (Archaeological Survey of India).
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View looking down onto the bridge, with a figure being hauled across the river and group on near bank. Francke (1914), p. 32: 'On Friday 23rd July we marched to Nako. We had hardly left the village of Li, when our caravan had to cross the swollen Spiti river by a rope bridge ... I sincerely symp...
Opening, Elgin Bridge, 17 spans of 200 ft., Gogra River, Bengal and North Western Railway, 25th January 1899. Photographer: Lawrie and Company, G.W.
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Inscription: Photographer's credit on mount. Genre: Portrait Photography Formal group portrait of dignitaries and guests in front of tents at the opening of the bridge.
Opening, Elgin Bridge, 17 spans of 200 ft., Gogra River, Bengal and North Western Railway, 25th January 1899. Photographer: Lawrie and Company, G.W.
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Inscription: Photographer's credit on mount. Genre: Portrait Photography Group portrait of dignitaries posed at the entrance to bridge during the opening ceremony.
Bengal and N. W. Ry., Opening of Izat Bridge at Allahabad, on 31st October, 1912. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Portrait Photography Group portrait of guests posed in front of tents. The print is in very poor condition, with considerable dirt-marking, chemical staining and faded patches. The print is accompanied by a typescript description reading as follows: 'This bridge, which spans the Ganges j...
The Mo-chu River. Photographer: White, John Claude
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Genre: Landscape Photography View looking upriver towards a bridge. 'The river flows down from Tibet through Chumbi and Bhutan to the plains of Bengal, and comes out near Madari Hat on the Dooars Railway in the plains. A survey has been made of this route, and if a road be made from a point in ...