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341. Photo 146/1(135)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 146/1(135)
Title:
Jaigad Fort, The Konkun Coast. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Jaigad, Jyghur and Zyghur 100 miles from Bombay on the south bank of the River Shastri. Navigable for craft up to 6 feet according to the tides. In the year 1798-99 the port and creek were used for the passage of troops and stores which, in cooperation with the ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

342. Photo 146/1(162)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 146/1(162)
Title:
Ratnagiri Fort, The Konkun Coast. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
Scope & Content:
The elephant steps leading down to the highway into the town and interior. The harbour is such only in the Fair Season, and the old jetty used by the ferry steamer passengers is away in the distance. A place of little history though its walls, with 41 bastions, enclose an area of, perhaps, 2 s...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

343. Photo 146/1(179)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 146/1(179)
Title:
Gheria, Bkik Bunder. The Konkun Coast. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
Scope & Content:
About 500 yards upstream where Clive landed his military contingent and field guns. They took up a position on the hill over against the landward face of the fort.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

344. Photo 146/1(184)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 146/1(184)
Title:
Viziadrug Creek, The Konkun Coast. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
Scope & Content:
Viziadrug is about 5 miles by water, around the distant point. In former times Kharepatan, at the head of the River Wagotan tidal waters was a place of importance both as a local mart and port of transhipment (ex small craft) for the hinterland via the Phonda Ghaut. Shortly after the Mutiny the...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

345. Photo 146/1(275)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 146/1(275)
Title:
Sadashevgad Cemetery. The North Canara Coast. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
Scope & Content:
There are seven graves, three of which (including an officer's lady) bore inscriptions in 1930. Perhaps young Hodges was the first to be laid here, though nothing confirms that. Another may be a Capt. Stewart who died near Karwar in 1800; but the last troops to garrison Sadashewgad was a company...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

346. Photo 146/1(276)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 146/1(276)
Title:
Sadashevgad Cemetery. The North Canara Coast. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
Scope & Content:
There are seven graves, three of which (including an officer's lady) bore inscriptions in 1930. Perhaps young Hodges was the first to be laid here, though nothing confirms that. Another may be a Capt. Stewart who died near Karwar in 1800; but the last troops to garrison Sadashewgad was a company...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

347. Photo 146/1(297)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 146/1(297)
Title:
Binghi Bay, The North Canara Coast. Photographer: Venn, T.W.
Scope & Content:
The nearest point in Canara to Angediva. The fishing canoe in which the crossing was made, just about a mile.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

348. Photo 146/1(317)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 146/1(317)
Title:
Rajamundrug Fort, The North Canara Coast. Photographer: Venn, T.W.
Scope & Content:
A bastion on the crest of the cliff, which here rises straight up from a rocky wave beaten foreshore. Elsewhere the defences are almost level with the ground.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

349. Photo 146/1(324)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 146/1(324)
Title:
Kumpta, The North Canara Coast. Photographer: Venn, T.W.
Scope & Content:
The shady road from the town to the bunder where passengers and cargo is loaded into boats for transhipment into coasting steamers or country craft. The principle transport is the betelnut, more properly ‘areca’.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

350. Photo 146/1(346)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 146/1(346)
Title:
Bhatkal, The North Canara Coast. Photographer: Venn, T.W.
Scope & Content:
Passangers are loaded up on the seaward beach, but when the boats are not in use they lie insid the creek. The Company's office is in the side of the hill across the water. Bhatkal. An open fair weather roadstead. A port project was mooted to cut the narrow isthmus behind the headland and link...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item