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41. Photo 387(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 387(1)
Title:
Wells, 12 feet diameter, of north abutment being sunk to clay stratum with Bull's 2½ cubic feet sand dredger. Wooden well curbs in fore ground, May 1887, [Nadrai Aqueduct, Lower Ganges Canal]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Subjects = canal building; civil engineering Location = Ganges Canal; India; Nadrai; Uttar Pradesh
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
May 1887
Extent:
1 item

42. Photo 387(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 387(4)
Title:
Pier No 9 and abutment pier No 10 being sunk through clay, [Nadrai Aqueduct, Lower Ganges Canal], April 1887. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Subjects = canal building; civil engineering Location = Ganges Canal; India; Nadrai; Uttar Pradesh
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
April 1887
Extent:
1 item

43. Photo 387(13)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 387(13)
Title:
Large gantry, 35 feet high, erected on top of well 20 feet diameter. Well is loaded with 600 rails weighing about 150 tons. Mr Bell's 40 feet clay dredger is being worked in well, [Nadrai Aqueduct, Lower Ganges Canal]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Subjects = canal building; civil engineering; dredging machinery; machinery Location = Ganges Canal; India; Nadrai; Uttar Pradesh
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c Mar 1888
Extent:
1 item

44. Photo 387(21)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 387(21)
Title:
Test load on group of four 12 feet wells in abutment pier No 10, [Nadrai Aqueduct, Lower Ganges Canal]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Caption continues: 'Total test load 2,172 tons or including weight of well itself and weight of concrete hearting 3,248 tons, or 7.2 tons per square feet of base, subsidence 0.84 inches'. Subjects = canal building; civil engineering Location = Ganges Canal; India; N...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c Mar 1888
Extent:
1 item

45. Photo 387(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 387(3)
Title:
Wells, 12 feet in diameter, in abutment pier No 5 being sunk through clay by steam dredging with Bell's 10 cubic feet dredgers, [Nadrai Aqueduct, Lower Ganges Canal], April 1887. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Subjects = canal building; civil engineering; dredging machinery; machinery Location = Ganges Canal; India; Nadrai; Uttar Pradesh
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
April 1887
Extent:
1 item

46. Photo 387(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 387(8)
Title:
General view of works taken from top of well No 44 in north abutment, , [Nadrai Aqueduct, Lower Ganges Canal], March 1888. The view shews in the fore ground a portion of pier No 2 the wells of which are sunk to full depth. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Caption continues: 'In the mid distance well No 88, 20 feet diameter and a cluster of four wells, 12 feet diameter in pier No 10 are being loaded to test their resistances to subsidence. Excavation below spring levels is in progress from piers Nos 5 to 10. In the distan...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Mar 1888
Extent:
1 item

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