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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 1063 Material Type Photographs

11. Photo 1063(10)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1063(10)
Title:
Cauvery-Mettur Dam Project. A new lake 59 square miles in area, 165 feet deep and containing 93,000 million cubic feet of water. The river enters the lake 33 miles upstream from the dam. View from the left flank. Photographer: Klein and Peyerl
Scope & Content:
View from downriver, looking towards the dam and reservoir beyond. Reproduced as plate 29A in C. G. Barber, History of the Cauvery-Mettur Project (Madras, 1940). [Gelatin silver print, 290x204mm].
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1934
Extent:
1 item

12. Photo 1063(11)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1063(11)
Title:
Cauvery-Mettur Dam Project. One of the 1400 ton towers placing concrete and mortar for the construction of the dam. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Close view of gantry tower. The accompanying typescript note reads: One of the 1400 ton towers placing concrete and mortar for the construction of the dam. The chutes could be turned round and raised up so that the concrete could be made to drop of the end of the lowest chute at any point of the...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
3 Apr 1930
Extent:
1 item

13. Photo 1063(12)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1063(12)
Title:
Cauvery-Mettur Dam Project. Two of the 16 gateways of the surplus sluice. Photographer: Klein and Peyerl
Scope & Content:
Close head-on view of tqo of the sluice gateways. The accompanying typescript note reads: Two of the 16 gateways of the surplus sluice. The gates are raised so that when the river fills the lake and still continues to rise the water will flow out this way without endangering the dam. At the end ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1933
Extent:
1 item

14. Photo 1063(13)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1063(13)
Title:
Cauvery-Mettur Dam Project. The commemorative obelisk. Photographer: Klein and Peyerl
Scope & Content:
View of the obelisk, with the dam in the background. The accompanying typescript note reads: The Obelisk. 'This memorial commemorates the inauguration of the Cauvery Mettur Project by His Excellency the Right Honourable the Viscount Goschen of Hawkhust G.C.I.E., C.B.E., V.D. Governor of Madras, ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1927
Extent:
1 item

15. Photo 1063(14)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1063(14)
Title:
[Cauvery-Mettur Dam Project. View of the Ellis Saddle Surplus Sluices]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
General view of surplus sluices. For a description of these works, see C. G. Barber, History of the Cauvery-Mettur Project (Madras, 1940), pp. 121-28. The work was undertaken between 1929 and 1931. [Gelatin silver print, 200x140mm].
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1931
Extent:
1 item

16. Photo 1063(15)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1063(15)
Title:
Coracles, Karkankote, 1895. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Poor quality snapshot looking down onto two coracles beside a river. Location of Karkankote unidentified. [Developing-out paper, 74x82mm].
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1895
Extent:
1 item