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WD2441
- Record Id:
- 032-003268083
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003268083
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028181445.0x0011b4
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WD2441
- Title:
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East Indian Railway lattice-girder bridge over the River Son, near Patna (Bihar). A train is crossing on the single line; a signal-man waves a green flag. Country boat on river. c. 1855
- Scope & Content:
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East Indian Railway lattice-girder bridge over the River Son, near Patna (Bihar). A train is crossing on the single line; a signal-man waves a green flag. Country boat on river. c.1855.
Inscribed on mount: ‘Soane Bridge. Length 4536. number of spans 28 of 150 feet each.’
Water-colour; 27.75 by 50.5 ins.
Presented by the London Office of the East India Railway Company.
Note: The Son bridge was begun for single line traffic in 1855 and completed for double line traffic in 1870. The early stages of the work were destroyed during the Mutiny of 1857. The present picture is probably an engineer's drawing for the project.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003268083
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003268083
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 Item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- British school
European school - Start Date:
- 1854
- End Date:
- 1856
- Date Range:
- c 1855
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: watercolour
- Finding Aids:
- Mildred Archer, British drawings in the India Office Library (London, 1969) Volume I-II, 370
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Subjects:
- Architecture
Bridges
Railways
Transport - Places:
- Patna, Bihar, India