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Subject Railway Bridges Level [40] File

51. Photo 1178(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1178(1)
Title:
Haputale Railway. Temporary bridge and new 16 feet culvert at 15¾ miles — June 1893. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
View looking towards the temporary bridge and culvert, with a locomotive in the centre of the span and railway labourers posed at the foot of the bridge.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jun 1893
Extent:
1 item

52. Photo 1178(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1178(3)
Title:
Haputale Railway. Demodara Oya Bridge. 2 spans of 80 feet at 14M - 22 chs., June 1893. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
View looking down onto the two-span girder bridge across the stream, with two Europeans seated on a railway trolley in the centre.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jun 1893
Extent:
1 item

53. Photo 1178(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1178(6)
Title:
Bandarawela Railway, June 1893. Bridge 3. Two 80 feet and one 60 fet span. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
View looking down onto the masonry piers of the bridge under construction, with labourers' housing on the hillside rising beyond.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jun 1893
Extent:
1 item

54. Photo 1178(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1178(7)
Title:
Bandarawela Railway, June 1893. Bridge 4 and tunnel at 4M 45chs. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
View looking down onto bridge construction work, with the entrance to the tunnel in the background. This view shows an early stage of construction, with the line itself not yet laid.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jun 1893
Extent:
1 item

55. Photo 1178(10)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1178(10)
Title:
Bandarawela Railway. 80 feet girder on temporary road outside cutting No: 26 on its way to bridge no. 3 — June 1894. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Close view of the bridge girder being transported, with two European posed beside it and labourers in the background.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jun 1894
Extent:
1 item

56. Photo 1178(15)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1178(15)
Title:
Galle Railway. Bentota Ganga Bridge. One span 100 feet, two spans 150 feet each. March 1894. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
General view of the railway bridge, running parallel to the road bridge across the river.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Mar 1894
Extent:
1 item

57. Photo 1178(18)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1178(18)
Title:
Matara Railway, May 1895. The Polwatta Modera Bridge, three 100 ft. spans. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
View looking along the bridge over the Polwatta Ganga under construction, towards a group of European engineers and railway labourers posed in the centre.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
May 1895
Extent:
1 item

58. 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

59. Photo 1178(20)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1178(20)
Title:
Matara Railway, May 1895. The Pol Oya Bridge. Two 120 feet spans. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
View looking along the bridge under construction, with European engineers and railway labourers posed on the platform of the steam crane in the in the foreground.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
May 1895
Extent:
1 item

60. Photo 1178(21)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1178(21)
Title:
Matara Railway. The Pol Oya Bridge. Two 120 feet spans. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
View from the riverbank, looking along the stream towards the bridge under construction.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
May 1895
Extent:
1 item

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