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Reference (shelfmark):: ORB.40/584(12)
Title:: The Solani Aqueduct. Main Canal. Mile 18. Photographer: Glover, Thomas George
Scope & Content:: Genre: Industrial Photography View looking along the aqueduct which carries the Ganges Canal over the Solani River: 'The river itself is crossed by a masonry aqueduct, which is not only the largest work of the kind in India, but one of the most remarkable for its dimensions in the world. The to...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1864
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: ORB.40/584(13)
Title:: The Solani Aqueduct (from the river). Main Canal. Mile 18. Photographer: Glover, Thomas George
Scope & Content:: Genre: Industrial Photography View from the bank of the Solani River looking towards the aqueduct.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1864
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: ORB.40/584(14)
Title:: The Roorkee Bridge (looking up-stream). Main Canal. Mile 19. Photographer: Glover, Thomas George
Scope & Content:: Genre: Industrial Photography View looking upstream along the Ganges Canal towards the Roorkee Bridge, showing the two massive statues of lions, seated on plinths on each side of the waterway, with workshops beyond
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1864
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: ORB.40/584(16)
Title:: The Workshops, Roorkee. Photographer: Glover, Thomas George
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography General view looking towards the workshops, with trees in the foreground: 'These Shops were originally designed for the purpose of constructing such heavy jobs and machinery for the various Canal works as were beyond the capabilities of ordinary native workmen, ...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1864
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: ORB.40/584(17)
Title:: The Thomason Civil Engineering College, Roorkee. Photographer: Glover, Thomas George
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography General view looking across the lawns towards the main college buildings: 'The Thomason College was established in the year 1847, at the suggestion of Colonel Cautley for the instruction of Europeans and Natives in the theory and practice of Engineering and Sur...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1864
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: ORB.40/584(18)
Title:: The Asufnuggur Falls. Main Canal. Mile 22. Photographer: Glover, Thomas George
Scope & Content:: Genre: Industrial Photography View from downstream looking towards the weir or overfall on the Ganges Canal.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1864
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: ORB.40/584(19)
Title:: The Salawa Navigation Channel. Main Canal. Mile 67. Photographer: Glover, Thomas George
Scope & Content:: Genre: Industrial Photography View looking along the navigation canal and road running alongside it. These navigation channels were built to allow traffic on the canal to bypass the weirs or overfalls, such as that seen in print 18.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1864
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: ORB.40/584(20)
Title:: The Salawa Locks. Main Canal. Mile 67. Photographer: Glover, Thomas George
Scope & Content:: Genre: Industrial Photography General view of the lock at the mid-point of the navigation canal seen in print 19, with European and Indian figures posed in the foreground.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1864
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: ORB.40/584(21)
Title:: The Newarree Bridge. Main Canal. Mile 93. Photographer: Glover, Thomas George
Scope & Content:: Genre: Industrial Photography View from the canal bank looking towards the three-span masonry bridge at Niwar.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1864
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: ORB.40/584(22)
Title:: The Dasnah Falls (up-stream side). Main Canal. Mile 105. Photographer: Glover, Thomas George
Scope & Content:: Genre: Industrial Photography View from the bank of the canal looking downstream towards the masonry bridge and weir or overfall beyond.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1864
Extent:: 1 item

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