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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 1085 Subject Railway Bridges Material Type Photographs

1. Photo 1085/2(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1085/2(4)
Title:
Dining Room [of Executive Engineer's Quarters, Kalpi], 1887. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of dining room, presumably of the bungalow seen in prints 1-2, looking towards doorway to sitting room.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1887
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 1085/2(11)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1085/2(11)
Title:
K.B. Dn. [Kalpi Bridge Division], 2 engineers drowned in the river between pier No. VII and VIII by the storm on evening of 10th March 1886. Photographed 9.0 a.m. 13.3.86. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Captioned in the negative, with date added in pencil on print Genre: Landscape Photography View looking across the river towards piers VIIA and VIIB, with a boat in the foreground and pontoons in position in the process of raising a steam engine presumably sunk during the storm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
13 Mar 1886
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 1085/2(12)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1085/2(12)
Title:
[Pontoon bridge across the Jumna at Kalpi during construction of the Kalpi Bridge.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking across the Jumna at Kalpi, crossed her by a pontoon bridge, with railway staff bungalows, a temple and ghat on the far side. Ox wagons are disembarking from the ferry moored at the bank in the foreground.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
13 Mar 1886
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 1085/2(13)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1085/2(13)
Title:
[Kalpi Bridge under construction, with piers in position.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along the line of piers in the river. A faded print.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1886
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 1085/2(14)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1085/2(14)
Title:
K.B. Dn. [Kalpi Bridge Division], Pier No. VI, 1st April 1886. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Captioned in the negative Genre: Landscape Photography View of brick pier under construction.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1 Apr 1886
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 1085/2(15)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1085/2(15)
Title:
K.B. Dn. [Kalpi Bridge Division], Pier No. VI, 27th April 1886, 8.20 a.m. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Captioned in the negative Genre: Landscape Photography View of piers VI A and B under construction, with heights (83.60 and 51.83 feet respectively) marked on print.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
27 Apr 1886
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 1085/2(16)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1085/2(16)
Title:
Kalpi Bridge Division. Pier No. IV, Sir Alfred Lyall laying the bed stone, 25th March 1886, 9.45 a.m. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Captioned in the negative Genre: Historical Events View of the ceremony in progress.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
25 Mar 1886
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 1085/2(17)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1085/2(17)
Title:
K.B. Dn. [Kalpi Bridge Division, manufacture of piers for the Kalpi Bridge]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Captioned in the negative Genre: Historical Events View looking down into a pit where bridge piers are being constructed. Most of the caption is too faded to be legible.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1886
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 1085/2(18)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1085/2(18)
Title:
No. 2 span in course of erection and part staging of No. 1 span, looking up stream [Kalpi Bridge construction]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along the bridge, showing spans being positioned. Probably taken on the same day as print 19, which is dated in the negative 21-10-86.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
21 Oct 1886
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 1085/2(19)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1085/2(19)
Title:
No. 2 span in course of erection and part staging of No. 1 span, looking down stream [Kalpi Bridge construction], 21-10-86. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Dated in the negative Genre: Landscape Photography Similar to print 18, but taken from a different angle. Dated in the negative.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
21 Oct 1886
Extent:
1 item