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11. 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

12. 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

13. Photo 46(13)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 46(13)
Title:
Dock No. 1 looking towards River, showing temporary [railway] lines for removal of spoil [Kidderpore Docks, Calcutta]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events View appears to be taken from the junction between Nos. 1 and 2 Docks, looking northwards towards the river at an early stage of construction. Subjects = civil engineering; docks and dockyards; harbour works; industrial railways; railways; transport
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1885
Extent:
1 item

14. Photo 46(14)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 46(14)
Title:
Double Entrance from Half Tide Basin to Dock, showing Gates in course of erection [Calcutta Docks]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Similar view to print 8, looking from Dock No. 1 towards the double entrance to the tide basin at an early stage of construction. With a railway truck ad workers in the foreground. Subjects = civil engineering; docks and dockyards; harbour works
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1886
Extent:
1 item

15. Photo 46(15)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 46(15)
Title:
Erecting Gates at 60 ft Lock Entrance: Calcutta Docks. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Subjects = civil engineering; docks and dockyards; harbour works; locks
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1888
Extent:
1 item

16. 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

17. Photo 46(17)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 46(17)
Title:
Dredging operations, shewing Hydraulic cranes [and] discharging Barges, Calcutta Docks. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Showing a row of hydraulic dredgers ranged along a jetty, transferring spoil from the barges in the background onto railway trucks on the jetty (?or vice versa). Precise location unidentified, but appears to be taken from the swing at the entrance to the tide basin. S...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890
Extent:
1 item

18. Photo 46(18)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 46(18)
Title:
Graving Docks, and Pumping Engine House, Calcutta Docks. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events With keyed arrows indicating the 'Government Graving dock 330ft long', in background, and the 'Port Commissioners' Graving dock, 520 ft long', in right foreground. The pumping engine house, here seen in the course of construction, stands between the two docks at the nor...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1889
Extent:
1 item

19. 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

20. 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

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