Mangalore Fort. The South Canara Coast. Photographer: Venn, T.W.
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Genre: Architectural Photography The 'Retreat' – one of the cantonment bungalows for officers up to 1893 when it ceased to be a garrison town. It stood within the confines of the old fort.
Bhatkal Head, The North Canara Coast. Photographer: Venn, T.W.
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Genre: Landscape Photography Like giant elephants pad, even to the toes at sea level. The harbour guiding light and the District Officers’ Bungalow are also here. Bhatkal. An open fair weather roadstead. A port project was mooted to cut the narrow isthmus behind the headland and link up with t...
Mulki Rocks, The South Canara Coast. Photographer: Venn, T.W.
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Genre: Landscape Photography About a mile offshore. Here the Welsh owned full-rigged ship 'Ogwen', 1350 tons, with coal Cardiff to Bombay, was wrecked at midnight 28th/29th May 18186. About 20 tons of coal was the total salvage. No lives lost; but on these same rocks Hyder Ali marooned a number...
Mangalore, Quayside. The South Canara Coast. Photographer: Venn, T.W.
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Genre: Landscape Photography The Port Office flagstaff is the limit to the left. Volkart Bros are in the large building on the right. The foreshore reclamation, however, stretches further along to cover frontages of Peirce Leslie. Rustomjee Nowrojee and Danner. The fort was the short distance o...