Bombay Harbour, Island of Karanja, Karanja Fort. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
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The sally porte from without & within. The precipitous sides of the hill were ramparts in themselves. Most of the masonry has been undermined by the storm and heat and rolled down the slope. The British found it of no defensive or administrative value and let time take its toll.
Bombay Harbour, Island of Karanja, Karanja Fort. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
Scope & Content:
The precipitous sides of the hill were ramparts in themselves. Most of the masonry has been undermined by the storm and heat and rolled down the slope. The British found it of no defensive or administrative value and let time take its toll.
Bombay Harbour, Island of Karanja, all that is left of the lower gateway of the hill fort of Karanja. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
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The precipitous sides of the hill were ramparts in themselves. Most of the masonry has been undermined by the storm and heat and rolled down the slope. The British found it of no defensive or administrative value and let time take its toll.
Bombay Harbour, Island of Karanjah. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
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Genre: Architectural Photography Bungalow of the Assist. Collector i/c of the extensive government salt works on the flats near Mora. 'EHA' (E.A.A.Aitkins) author of 'Tribes on my Frontier' and other tales of the Bombay Presidency lived here awhile.
Bombay Harbour, Island of Karanjah. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
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Genre: Architectural Photography Bungalow of the Assist. Collector i/c of the extensive government salt works on the flats near Mora. 'EHA' (E.A.A.Aitkins) author of 'Tribes on my Frontier' and other tales of the Bombay Presidency lived here awhile.
Bombay Harbour, grave of a sailor. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
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Grave of a young sailor (Charnock?) lost overboard from a sailing ship. Buried near where the body was washed up. Since encroached upon by the tides. Koli fisherman posing by it.
Bombay Harbour, Karanja Island. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
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Genre: Landscape Photography Curious tree on Karanjah foreshore brought down by wave erosion but still half alive. Framed through the salt bleached branches is an India milkmaid and her half starved cow.