View from Tail of Left Training Bund, [Curzon Bridge construction, Allahabad]. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Historical Events General view looking from the left to the right bank. Subjects = bridge building; civil engineering; Curzon Collection; Public Works Department Location = Allahabad; India; Uttar Pradesh
Left Training Bund, [Curzon Bridge construction, Allahabad]. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Historical Events View of the Left Training-bund with initial work nearing completion. Subjects = bridge building; civil engineering; Curzon Collection; Public Works Department Location = Allahabad; India; Uttar Pradesh
View from Right Bank, [Curzon Bridge construction, Allahabad]. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Historical Events View of the temporary bridge taking trains to the wells in progress. Subjects = bridge building; civil engineering; Curzon Collection; Public Works Department Location = Allahabad; India; Uttar Pradesh
Well Sinking. Gallows on Ground, [Curzon Bridge construction, Allahabad]. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Historical Events View of the dredgers at work, operated by steam hoists seen on the right. Gales writes (see notes in Introduction): 'The gallows used for the first 70 or 80 feet of sinking consisted of three pairs of sheer-legs, standing on sills on the sand, with a 14-inch by 14-inch ...
Visit of HE Lord Curzon, Viceroy of India, [Curzon Bridge construction, Allahabad]. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Historical Events The viceregal party inspecting operations from railway trolleys. Curzon visited the bridge on the morning of Tuesday 31st March during his Spring Tour of 1903. Subjects = bridge building; civil engineering; Curzon Collection; Public Works Department; railway rolling s...
Well Sinking Gallows on Well, [Curzon Bridge construction, Allahabad]. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Historical Events View of dredging in progress, the gallows are standing on the masonry walls of the well. Gales writes (see notes in Introduction): 'For sinking the last lengths of wells, and for wells in the cold-weather channel, four gallows were constructed to stand on the masonry of...