Vailey Lake [Velli Lake]. Photographer: D'Cruz, Zachariah
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Genre: Landscape Photography View from a neighbouring hillside looking over the lake, with paddy fields on the water's edge in the foreground. The spelling is given as Velli Lake on the map accompanying E.G. Hatch's Travancore. A guide book for the visitor (1933). Subjects = Curzon Collection
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along the canal towards the tunnel running through the cliffs at Varkala. The building of the tunnel (opened to through traffic in 1880) linked Trivandrum to Quilon in a single canal. Subjects = canals; Curzon Collection; irrigation; tunnels; water su...
Genre: Landscape Photography View from above the tunnel seen in print 31 looking back along the canal. Duplicate (later print) at Photo 792 (1254). Subjects = canals; Curzon Collection; irrigation; water supplies
Genre: Landscape Photography Canal scene with local craft. Duplicate (later print) at Photo 792 (1255). Subjects = canals; Curzon Collection; irrigation; local craft; rural life; transport; wallums (Kerala trading boat); water supplies; water transport