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Photo 1114

Record Id:

032-003176762

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003176762

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100026599950.0x000c08

LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Photo 1114

Title:

Von Lintzgy Collection: Flood repair work on the Hardinge Bridge, Paksey (Sara). Photographer(s): Unknown

Scope & Content:

Paper covered photograph album (some tears to covers) measuring 335x250mm and containing 26 prints, with typescript captions pasted beneath. A 9pp. leaflet published by the East Indian Railway Press in 1934 is pasted to the inner front board and describes the construction of the bridge and the flood repair work undertaken in 1933-34. The album was compiled by the father of the donor, Harold Robert von Lintzgy (see below).

Harold Robert von Lintzgy (1902-1959) was born in Calcutta and educated at St Edmund's College, Shillong and Roorki Civil Engineering College. He was employed as an engineer on the Eastern Bengal Railway until 1951, rising to the position of Deputy Chief Engineer. From 1952 until his death in 1959 he was Chief Engineer, Ghana Railways (formerly Gold Coast Railways).

Process = Gelatin silver prints

Collection Area:

Visual Arts

Hierarchy Tree:

[{ "id" : "032-003176762", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Photo 1114: Von Lintzgy Collection: Flood repair work on the Hardinge Bridge, Paksey (Sara). Photographer(s): Unknown" },{ "id" : "040-003176763", "parent" : "032-003176762", "text" : "Photo 1114(1): Breach in the right guide bank - from the isolated head - September 1933. Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003176764", "parent" : "032-003176762", "text" : "Photo 1114(2): Breach in the right guide bank from the stump of the guide bank [Hardinge Bridge, Sara]. Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003176765", "parent" : "032-003176762", "text" : "Photo 1114(3): Beginning of earthwork in the mole [Hardinge Bridge, Sara]. Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003176766", "parent" : "032-003176762", "text" : "Photo 1114(4): Earthwork by country boat in the mole [Hardinge Bridge, Sara]. Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003176767", "parent" : "032-003176762", "text" : "Photo 1114(5): Pitching stone in the mole pyramid [Hardinge Bridge, Sara]. Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003176768", "parent" : "032-003176762", "text" : "Photo 1114(6): Beginning of the backwater bund stone pyramid [Hardinge Bridge, Sara]. Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003176769", "parent" : "032-003176762", "text" : "Photo 1114(7): Mole 13th February 1934 [Hardinge Bridge, Sara]. Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003176770", "parent" : "032-003176762", "text" : "Photo 1114(8): Mole - pile barrier at back toe of slope [Hardinge Bridge, Sara]. Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003176771", "parent" : "032-003176762", "text" : "Photo 1114(9): Backwater bund - commencement of second stone pyramid 13.2.1934. Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003176772", "parent" : "032-003176762", "text" : "Photo 1114(10): Mole barrier [Hardinge Bridge, Sara]. Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003176773", "parent" : "032-003176762", "text" : "Photo 1114(11): Backwater bund downstream stone pyramid [Hardinge Bridge, Sara]. Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003176774", "parent" : "032-003176762", "text" : "Photo 1114(12): Backwater bund - steel sheet pile water seal [Hardinge Bridge, Sara]. Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003176775", "parent" : "032-003176762", "text" : "Photo 1114(13): Mole 22nd March 1934 [Hardinge Bridge, Sara]. Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003176776", "parent" : "032-003176762", "text" : "Photo 1114(14): Mole and backwater bund 16.4.1934 [Hardinge Bridge, Sara]. Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003176777", "parent" : "032-003176762", "text" : "Photo 1114(15): Mole and backwater bund 7.6.1934. Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003176778", "parent" : "032-003176762", "text" : "Photo 1114(16): Completed works [Hardinge Bridge, Sara]. Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003176779", "parent" : "032-003176762", "text" : "Photo 1114(17): Restoration of right guide bank 1935 [Hardinge Bridge, Sara]. Dredger foyer on 26.3.35. Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003176780", "parent" : "032-003176762", "text" : "Photo 1114(18): Restoration of right guide bank 1935 [Hardinge Bridge, Sara]. 26.2.35. Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003176781", "parent" : "032-003176762", "text" : "Photo 1114(19): Restoration of right guide bank 1935 [Hardinge Bridge, Sara]. 27.4.35. Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003176782", "parent" : "032-003176762", "text" : "Photo 1114(20): Restoration of right guide bank 1935 [Hardinge Bridge, Sara]. 27.4.35. Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003176783", "parent" : "032-003176762", "text" : "Photo 1114(21): Restoration of right guide bank 1935 [Hardinge Bridge, Sara]. 27.4.35. Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003176784", "parent" : "032-003176762", "text" : "Photo 1114(22): Restoration of right guide bank 1935 [Hardinge Bridge, Sara]. 13.5.35. Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003176785", "parent" : "032-003176762", "text" : "Photo 1114(23): Restoration of right guide bank 1935 [Hardinge Bridge, Sara]. Sandbagging the back slope 13.5.35. Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003176786", "parent" : "032-003176762", "text" : "Photo 1114(24): Restoration of right guide bank 1935 [Hardinge Bridge, Sara]. Completed work 19.6.35. Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003176787", "parent" : "032-003176762", "text" : "Photo 1114(25): First train over the restored guide bank. 13.5.35 [Hardinge Bridge, Sara]. Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003176788", "parent" : "032-003176762", "text" : "Photo 1114(26): Visit of H.E. Sir John Anderson, Governor of Bengal [to the Hardinge Bridge works, Sara]. 16.8.35. Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-003176762

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Hierarchy:

032-003176762

Container:

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

26 items

Digitised Content:

Languages:

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Scripts:

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Start Date:

1933

End Date:

1935

Date Range:

1933-1935

Era:

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Source of Acquisition:

Presented to the British Library by Miss Audrey von Lintzgy, 25 September 2002

Material Type:

Photographs

Legal Status:

Not Known