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Photo 387(8)
- Record Id:
- 040-003070565
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003070557
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100025720789.0x0006e5
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100135041434.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 387(8)
- Title:
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General view of works taken from top of well No 44 in north abutment, , [Nadrai Aqueduct, Lower Ganges Canal], March 1888. The view shews in the fore ground a portion of pier No 2 the wells of which are sunk to full depth. Photographer: Unknown
- Scope & Content:
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Genre: Historical Events
Caption continues: 'In the mid distance well No 88, 20 feet diameter and a cluster of four wells, 12 feet diameter in pier No 10 are being loaded to test their resistances to subsidence. Excavation below spring levels is in progress from piers Nos 5 to 10. In the distance the sinking of wells of piers Nos 13 and 14, and of the south abutment are in progress'.
Subjects = canal building; civil engineering
Location = Ganges Canal; India; Nadrai; Uttar Pradesh
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003070557
040-003070565 - Is part of:
- Photo 387 : Album of views of the construction of the Nadrai Aqueduct, Lower Ganges Canal. Photographer(s): Unknown
Photo 387(8) : General view of works taken from top of well No 44 in north abutment, , [Nadrai Aqueduct, Lower Ganges Canal], March 1888. The… - Hierarchy:
- 032-003070557[0008]/040-003070565
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 387
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100135041434.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Start Date:
- 1888
- End Date:
- 1888
- Date Range:
- Mar 1888
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Known