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Subject Railway construction Level [40] File

61. Photo 1178(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1178(4)
Title:
Haputale Station, June 1893. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
General view from the neighbouring hillside, looking down onto the station, with wooded hills rising steeply in the background.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jun 1893
Extent:
1 item

62. Photo 1178(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1178(5)
Title:
Bandarawela Railway, June 1893. Rock cuttings near 2M: 52 chs. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
View looking along the rock cuttings carved out of the sheer hillside.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jun 1893
Extent:
1 item

63. 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

64. 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

65. Photo 1178(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1178(8)
Title:
Bandarawela Railway, June 1893. Culvert No: 21 at 1 mile 34 chains. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
View looking down onto construction work in progress on the masonry culvert.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jun 1893
Extent:
1 item

66. Photo 1178(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1178(9)
Title:
Bandarawela Railway. Tunnel No. 1, June 1894. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
View looking along the line towards the tunnel entrance, with the hillside falling sheerly on the right.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jun 1894
Extent:
1 item

67. 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

68. Photo 1178(11)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1178(11)
Title:
Bandarawela Railway — Slip in cutting No. 26, June 1894. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
General view of the rockslip in the cutting, with a large body of railway labourers posed on the hillside and on the skyline.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jun 1894
Extent:
1 item

69. Photo 1178(13)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1178(13)
Title:
Galle Railway. Galle Station from the north, March 1894. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
View looking along the bank of a small river, towards station buildings under construction.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Mar 1894
Extent:
1 item

70. Photo 1178(14)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1178(14)
Title:
Galle railway. Galle Station from the south, March 1894. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
General view looking towards the station, with a church on the hillside beyond.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Mar 1894
Extent:
1 item