Genre: Historical Events Faded print showing a locomotive. An annotation on the mount reads: 'First portion opened 15th July 1861', presumably a reference to the Great Southern of India Railway. Subjects = locomotives; railway companies; railway rolling stock; railways; South Indian Railway; ...
Genre: Historical Events View of track construction. The labourers include women and children. Subjects = child labour; railway building; railway companies; railways; South Indian Railway; transport
Nurbudda Bridge. Washed away in 68. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Landscape Photography General view of railway bridge, showing middle section missing. The BB & CI line crosses the Narmada River between Bharuch and Ankleshwar. Subjects = Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway; bridges; disasters; floods; railway companies; railways; transport
Genre: Historical Events View of work in progress at a railway bridge. Subjects = bridges; railway building; railway companies; railways; South Indian Railway; transport
Bombay Green in 1857. Start of Railway Station. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Landscape Photography View looking across the Green from the Town Hall towards the Cathedral. Piles of sleepers appear to be stored in a compound on the Green. This probably relates to the construction of the Great Indian Peninsula Railway which commenced in the 1850s. The 'Railway Stati...