The Myapore Regulator (up-stream side). Photographer: Glover, Thomas George
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Genre: Industrial Photography View looking downstream along the canal towards the regulator bridge: 'The Canal supply is regulated at the bridge by decreasing the openings to the necessary extent, and allowing the surplus water to pass off through the dam [shown in print 4]; during heavy floods...
The Myapore Regulator (down-stream side). Photographer: Glover, Thomas George
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Genre: Industrial Photography View looking upstream along the canal towards the regulator bridge, with a European figure seated on the bank in the foreground.
The Ranipore Superpassage. Main Canal. Mile 5. Photographer: Glover, Thomas George
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Inscription: Inscribed 'No. 2' in reverse in the negative. Genre: Industrial Photography View looking towards the stone bridge across the Ganges Canal. A note at print 8 explains the function of the structure: 'The term 'superpassage' has been applied to works on the Canals in these provinces,...
The Dhunowree Works (looking up-stream). Main Canal. Mile 13. Photographer: Glover, Thomas George
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Genre: Industrial Photography View from the dam, looking along the Ganges Canal towards a stone bridge crossing it in the background. With a European man posed in the foreground. See letterpress note and diagram accompanying print 9.
The Solani Aqueduct. Main Canal. Mile 18. Photographer: Glover, Thomas George
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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...
The Roorkee Bridge (looking up-stream). Main Canal. Mile 19. Photographer: Glover, Thomas George
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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