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032-003185421 Subject Railway construction

1. Photo 1221

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1221
Title:
Clowser Collection: Photographs relating to the construction of the Bhor Ghat Railway . Photographer(s): Clowser, George Lewis
Scope & Content:
Collection of 29 albumen prints loosely inserted in corner slits in a cloth bound album measuring 305 x 250 mm. According to the donor, the photographs were taken by his great grandfather George Lewis Clowser, who was employed as an engineer on the Great Indian Peninsular Railway from 1853. He a...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1855-1859
Extent:
29 items

2. Photo 1221(29)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1221(29)
Title:
Adamson's House [Khandala?]. Photographer: Clowser, George Lewis
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Captioned as above in pencil on the reverse. View looking towards a group of bungalows on the hillside. The title presumably refers to Swainston Adamson, who is listed in commercial directories for the period as a joint manager of the Bhor Ghat Railway Works, based at Khandala.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855-1859
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 1221(28)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1221(28)
Title:
[Railway settlement on the Bhor Ghat Incline.] Photographer: Clowser, George Lewis
Scope & Content:
View looking towards a range of buildings—presumably accommodation for railway labour—with a group of smaller thatched huts in the foreground.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855-1859
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 1221(22)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1221(22)
Title:
[Railway settlement and mountain scenery, Bhor Ghat Incline.] Photographer: Clowser, George Lewis
Scope & Content:
View looking down onto a settlement of thatched houses, presumably accommodation for railway construction staff, with the hills of the Western Ghats beyond.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855-1859
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 1221(10)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1221(10)
Title:
[Railway labourers on the Bhor Ghat Incline.] Photographer: Clowser, George Lewis
Scope & Content:
Group of male and female labourers, posed in front of a stone hut.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855-1859
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 1221(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1221(6)
Title:
[Railway workers with European overseers on the Bhor Ghat Incline.] Photographer: Clowser, George Lewis
Scope & Content:
Group of Indian carpenters, posed with two Europeans.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855-1859
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 1221(12)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1221(12)
Title:
[Railway workers with European overseers, Bhor Ghat Incline.] Photographer: Clowser, George Lewis
Scope & Content:
Group portrait of Indian railway workers, posed with European staff and various pieces of machinery and equipment in front of a row of thatched huts.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855-1859
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 1221(21)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1221(21)
Title:
[Indian group, probably railway labourers, Bhor Ghat Incline.] Photographer: Clowser, George Lewis
Scope & Content:
Small group of men and women, posed in a village.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855-1859
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 1221(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1221(3)
Title:
[View on the Bhor Ghat Railway.] Photographer: Clowser, George Lewis
Scope & Content:
View looking along the line towards a point where it is crossed by a stone bridge, with a settlement of thatched huts on the left.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855-1859
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 1221(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1221(4)
Title:
[Village on the Bhor Ghat Railway Incline.] Photographer: Clowser, George Lewis
Scope & Content:
View looking down onto a settlement of thatched huts (railway workers' accommodation?), with part of the line and a tunnel visible in the extreme left background.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855-1859
Extent:
1 item