The Myapore Dam. Photographer: Glover, Thomas George
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Genre: Industrial Photography View looking across the dam on the Ganges Canal, with part of the regulator bridge visible in the background. The accompanying letterpress includes a diagram of this section of the canal: 'The Myapore work consists of a dam (Plate V), thrown across a branch of the ...
The Myapore Regulator (up-stream side). Photographer: Glover, Thomas George
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Genre: Industrial Photography View looking downstream along the canal towards the regulator bridge: 'The Canal supply is regulated at the bridge by decreasing the openings to the necessary extent, and allowing the surplus water to pass off through the dam [shown in print 4]; during heavy floods...
The Myapore Regulator (down-stream side). Photographer: Glover, Thomas George
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Genre: Industrial Photography View looking upstream along the canal towards the regulator bridge, with a European figure seated on the bank in the foreground.
The Ranipore Superpassage. Main Canal. Mile 5. Photographer: Glover, Thomas George
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Inscription: Inscribed 'No. 2' in reverse in the negative. Genre: Industrial Photography View looking towards the stone bridge across the Ganges Canal. A note at print 8 explains the function of the structure: 'The term 'superpassage' has been applied to works on the Canals in these provinces,...
The Dhunowree Works (looking up-stream). Main Canal. Mile 13. Photographer: Glover, Thomas George
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Genre: Industrial Photography View from the dam, looking along the Ganges Canal towards a stone bridge crossing it in the background. With a European man posed in the foreground. See letterpress note and diagram accompanying print 9.
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...