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1. Photo 1178

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1178
Title:
Views of construction work on the Haputale, Kurunegela, Galle and Bandarawela Railways, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Photographer(s): Unknown (probably William Louis Henry Skeen and Co)
Scope & Content:
Collection of 30 loose albumen prints, captioned and dated in a contemporary hand on the reverse, documenting railway construction in Ceylon in the early to mid-1890s. The views show work in progress on the Matara and Galle lines (following the coast along the south-west corner of the island), t...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1893-1895
Extent:
30 items

2. Photo 1178(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1178(1)
Title:
Haputale Railway. Temporary bridge and new 16 feet culvert at 15¾ miles — June 1893. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
View looking towards the temporary bridge and culvert, with a locomotive in the centre of the span and railway labourers posed at the foot of the bridge.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jun 1893
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 1178(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1178(2)
Title:
Haputale Railway. Ohiya Station — June 1893. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
View looking along the line towards the station, with a train drawn up at the platform and wooded hills rising in the background.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jun 1893
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 1178(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1178(3)
Title:
Haputale Railway. Demodara Oya Bridge. 2 spans of 80 feet at 14M - 22 chs., June 1893. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
View looking down onto the two-span girder bridge across the stream, with two Europeans seated on a railway trolley in the centre.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jun 1893
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 1178(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1178(4)
Title:
Haputale Station, June 1893. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
General view from the neighbouring hillside, looking down onto the station, with wooded hills rising steeply in the background.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jun 1893
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 1178(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1178(5)
Title:
Bandarawela Railway, June 1893. Rock cuttings near 2M: 52 chs. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
View looking along the rock cuttings carved out of the sheer hillside.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jun 1893
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 1178(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1178(6)
Title:
Bandarawela Railway, June 1893. Bridge 3. Two 80 feet and one 60 fet span. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
View looking down onto the masonry piers of the bridge under construction, with labourers' housing on the hillside rising beyond.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jun 1893
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 1178(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1178(7)
Title:
Bandarawela Railway, June 1893. Bridge 4 and tunnel at 4M 45chs. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
View looking down onto bridge construction work, with the entrance to the tunnel in the background. This view shows an early stage of construction, with the line itself not yet laid.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jun 1893
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 1178(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1178(8)
Title:
Bandarawela Railway, June 1893. Culvert No: 21 at 1 mile 34 chains. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
View looking down onto construction work in progress on the masonry culvert.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jun 1893
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 1178(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1178(9)
Title:
Bandarawela Railway. Tunnel No. 1, June 1894. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
View looking along the line towards the tunnel entrance, with the hillside falling sheerly on the right.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jun 1894
Extent:
1 item