Fire signal tower, Calcutta. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
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Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking along the roadway towards a flimsy wooden tower used for firewatching. For a sketch by Colesworthy Grant of a similar fire tower, see his 'Anglo-Indian domestic life' (Calcutta, 2nd edition, 1862), p. 10: 'Fires, however, we certainly have in ...
Ghaut near Hooghly College [Hooghly-Chinsurah]. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
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Genre: Architectural Photography View from the ghat on the Hugli riverside below the college, looking south along the river. A portion of the college buildings (now the Hooghly Mohosin College) overlooking the river can be seen on the right.
Ghaut for burning the dead near the Hooghly, Calcutta. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
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Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking along the bank of the Hugli towards a burning ghat, with vultures gathered on the roofline of the adjoining building.