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032-003042838 Material Type Photographs

1. Photo 46

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 46
Title:
Photographs of Calcutta Docks construction works. Photographer(s): William Duff-Bruce and others unknown
Scope & Content:
Red buckram portfolio containing prints mounted on card, with captions in ink beneath. Prints are numbered with a stamped number in the top right-hand corner. Although all the pictures relate to the construction of the Kidderpore Docks, they appear to have been gathered from different sources. P...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1885-1890
Extent:
27 items

2. Photo 46(12)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 46(12)
Title:
Kidderpore Docks, Calcutta. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Photograph taken from an almost identical viewpoint to print 11, but earlier by possibly a year or so. With sailing and steamships at anchor (but fewer than in print 11). Subjects = docks and dockyards; ports; shipping; transport; water transport
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1892
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 46(22)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 46(22)
Title:
Calcutta Docks, Engine House. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events General view, slightly distant, of building under construction. See print 10 for an earlier view of construction and print 26 for a good view of the completed structure. Subjects = civil engineering; docks and dockyards; engine houses; harbour works; industrial buildi...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 46(10)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 46(10)
Title:
Hydraulic Engine House, Calcutta Docks. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Building under construction and swathed in scaffolding. See prints 21, 22 and 26 for other views of the building. Precise location not precisely determined, but probably the building at the western end of the Boat Canal, marked on maps as 'Main Pumping Station'. Subje...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1888
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 46(16)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 46(16)
Title:
Calcutta Docks - General view. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View from a similar location to prints 11 and 12, looking along the length of No. 1 Dock towards the river, but taken at an earlier date. The dock itself is largely completed and the swing bridge to the tide basin in place, but no warehouses have been built and the ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 46(26)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 46(26)
Title:
Hydraulic Engine House, Calcutta Docks. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Subjects = civil engineering; docks and dockyards; engine houses; harbour works; industrial buildings
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1892
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 46(20)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 46(20)
Title:
Erection of Sheds, Calcutta Docks. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events View looking along the edge of the dock, with labourers at work in the foreground and the frames of warehouses in place beyond. The view is probably looking along west side of Dock No. 1. Subjects = civil engineering; docks and dockyards; harbour works; industrial bui...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1891
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 46(11)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 46(11)
Title:
General view of Kidderpore Docks: Calcutta. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking north along Dock No. 1 from the swing bridge connecting it with Dock No. 2. With sailing and steamships at their berths. The nearest steamer on the left can be identified as the Saint Pancras of Liverpool. See following print. Subjects = docks and doc...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1893
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 46(24)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 46(24)
Title:
Calcutta Docks - Displacement of wall. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Showing slippage of the dock wall along Dock No. 1. This disaster occured because the berm left along the dock wall was insufficient and the walls started to slip bodily forward. The misjudgement was rectified by raising the height of the water, by this means holding th...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 46(19)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 46(19)
Title:
Entrance to Calcutta Docks from River. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Subjects = docks and dockyards; locks; ports; steam barges; transport; water transport
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890
Extent:
1 item

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