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1. ORB.40/584

Reference (shelfmark):
ORB.40/584
Title:
The Ganges Canal; illustrated by photographs. Taken by T. G. Glover, Lieut.-Colonel, Royal Engineers. 1867. Photographer(s): Glover, Thomas George
Scope & Content:
Imprint: Roorkee: Printed at the Thomason Civil Engineering College Press. MDCCCLXVII. Oblong folio half leather volume, red buckram boards, measuring 272 x 378 mm, with red leather title panel reading 'Ganges Canal Album' pasted onto upper board. The volume contains a printed map of the Gange...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1864
Extent:
32 items

2. ORB.40/584(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
ORB.40/584(1)
Title:
The Ganges, near Hurdwar. Photographer: Glover, Thomas George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography General view looking along the river, with a portion of a building overlooking the stream at the left.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1864
Extent:
1 item

3. ORB.40/584(16)

Reference (shelfmark):
ORB.40/584(16)
Title:
The Workshops, Roorkee. Photographer: Glover, Thomas George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view looking towards the workshops, with trees in the foreground: 'These Shops were originally designed for the purpose of constructing such heavy jobs and machinery for the various Canal works as were beyond the capabilities of ordinary native workmen, ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1864
Extent:
1 item

4. ORB.40/584(15)

Reference (shelfmark):
ORB.40/584(15)
Title:
The Lane, Roorkee. Photographer: Glover, Thomas George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View along a tree-lined avenue, with bullock carts in the roadway.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1864
Extent:
1 item

5. ORB.40/584(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
ORB.40/584(4)
Title:
The Myapore Dam. Photographer: Glover, Thomas George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Industrial Photography View looking across the dam on the Ganges Canal, with part of the regulator bridge visible in the background. The accompanying letterpress includes a diagram of this section of the canal: 'The Myapore work consists of a dam (Plate V), thrown across a branch of the ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1864
Extent:
1 item

6. ORB.40/584(19)

Reference (shelfmark):
ORB.40/584(19)
Title:
The Salawa Navigation Channel. Main Canal. Mile 67. Photographer: Glover, Thomas George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Industrial Photography View looking along the navigation canal and road running alongside it. These navigation channels were built to allow traffic on the canal to bypass the weirs or overfalls, such as that seen in print 18.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1864
Extent:
1 item

7. ORB.40/584(20)

Reference (shelfmark):
ORB.40/584(20)
Title:
The Salawa Locks. Main Canal. Mile 67. Photographer: Glover, Thomas George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Industrial Photography General view of the lock at the mid-point of the navigation canal seen in print 19, with European and Indian figures posed in the foreground.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1864
Extent:
1 item

8. ORB.40/584(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
ORB.40/584(5)
Title:
The Myapore Regulator (up-stream side). Photographer: Glover, Thomas George
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1864
Extent:
1 item

9. ORB.40/584(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
ORB.40/584(6)
Title:
The Myapore Regulator (down-stream side). Photographer: Glover, Thomas George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Industrial Photography View looking upstream along the canal towards the regulator bridge, with a European figure seated on the bank in the foreground.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1864
Extent:
1 item

10. ORB.40/584(17)

Reference (shelfmark):
ORB.40/584(17)
Title:
The Thomason Civil Engineering College, Roorkee. Photographer: Glover, Thomas George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view looking across the lawns towards the main college buildings: 'The Thomason College was established in the year 1847, at the suggestion of Colonel Cautley for the instruction of Europeans and Natives in the theory and practice of Engineering and Sur...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1864
Extent:
1 item