The Solani Aqueduct. Main Canal. Mile 18. Photographer: Glover, Thomas George
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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...
The Roorkee Bridge (looking up-stream). Main Canal. Mile 19. Photographer: Glover, Thomas George
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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
The Workshops, Roorkee. Photographer: Glover, Thomas George
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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, ...
The Thomason Civil Engineering College, Roorkee. Photographer: Glover, Thomas George
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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...
The Salawa Navigation Channel. Main Canal. Mile 67. Photographer: Glover, Thomas George
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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.
The Salawa Locks. Main Canal. Mile 67. Photographer: Glover, Thomas George
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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.