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Photo 405/3
- Record Id:
- 040-003081547
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003081465
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100025862941.0x00016e
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 405/3
- Title:
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Rex Trevor-Jones Collection: 'PWD Ravi Road Bridge, Lahore, 1913-15'. Photographer(s): Bali and Sons, D.N.
- Scope & Content:
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Black and blue quarter-leather album, 303x250mm, containing mounted prints with handwritten captions. The photographs mainly record the construction of the Ravi Road Bridge in 1913-15, but also include some newspaper cuttings from 1967, when the original steel superstructure was replaced. There are also views of other PWD projects in Wazirabad, Lyallpur, Kohala and Amritsar.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003081465
040-003081547 - Is part of:
- Photo 405 : Rex Trevor-Jones Collection: Photographs relating to the career and social life of Rex Trevor-Jones as an engineer in the Punjab…
Photo 405/3 : Rex Trevor-Jones Collection: 'PWD Ravi Road Bridge, Lahore, 1913-15'. Photographer(s): Bali and Sons, D.N. - Contains:
- Photo 405/3(1) : Laying first brick of wells, [Ravi Bridge, Lahore]. The ceremony performed by Mrs Maclagan, Feb 1913. Photographer: Unknown
Photo 405/3(2) : Well No 13, in progress of sinking, 2/5/13, [Ravi Bridge, Lahore]. Photographer: Unknown
Photo 405/3(3) : General view of work, April 1913, [Ravi Bridge, Lahore]. Photographer: Unknown
Photo 405/3(4) : Wells, Nos 13, 14, 15 under construction, 14/3/13, [Ravi Bridge, Lahore]. Photographer: Unknown
Photo 405/3(5) : Wells, Nos 10, 11, 12, Oct 1913, [Ravi Bridge, Lahore]. Photographer: Unknown
Photo 405/3(6) : View from left bank, Oct 1913. Wells 1 & 2 in foreground. Tramway Bridge under construction, [Lahore]. Photographer: Unknown
Photo 405/3(7) : Wells 9, 10, 11, 12, Oct 1913. No 9 well curb in foreground, [Ravi Bridge, Lahore]. Photographer: Unknown
Photo 405/3(8) : View from left bank, Nov 1913, shewing Wells 1 & 2 in foreground, etc, [Ravi Bridge, Lahore]. Photographer: Unknown
Photo 405/3(9) : Another view from left bank, Nov 1913, [Ravi Bridge, Lahore]. Photographer: Unknown
Photo 405/3(10) : Dec 1913. Wells 9, 10, 11, 12. No 10 laoded with pig iron to induce sinking effect, [Ravi Bridge, Lahore]. Photographer: Unknown
Photo 405/3(11) : View from left bank, Dec 1913, shewing Wells 1-12 under way, [Ravi Bridge, Lahore]. Photographer: Unknown
Photo 405/3(12) : Jan 1914. View from left bank shewing completion of Piers & sinking of wells 3, 4, 5, [Ravi Bridge, Lahore].…
Photo 405/3(13) : Effect of flood, Feb 14th 1914. Taken from left bank, [Ravi Bridge, Lahore]. Photographer: Unknown
Photo 405/3(14) : Erection of girdars on to Piers by means of derricks & capstans, [Ravi Bridge, Lahore]. Photographer: Unknown
Photo 405/3(15) : Special trams bringing Girdars over Railway Bridge from 'Badami Bagh' to Bridge site, [Ravi Bridge, Lahore]. Photographer:…
Photo 405/3(16) : Arrival of two Girdars on siding in river bed, alongside Bridge, April 1914, [Ravi Bridge, Lahore]. Photographer: Unknown
Photo 405/3(17) : View shewing Girdars erected on Piers & cross beams placed in position, [Ravi Bridge, Lahore]. Photographer: Unknown
Photo 405/3(18) : View of work taken after disastrous flood of April 1914, [Ravi Bridge, Lahore]. Marks on Piers shoe height of rise in…
Photo 405/3(19) : Erection of girders, [Ravi Bridge, Lahore]. Photographer: Unknown
Photo 405/3(20) : Attempting to salvage Girders lost in flood of April 1914. The diver at work (May/14), [Ravi Bridge, Lahore]. Photographer: Unknown
Photo 405/3(21) : Erection of Girders by floating method. Unloading Girder from train onto Boat Barge (June-July 1914), [Ravi Bridge,…
Photo 405/3(22) : Erection of Girders by the floating method. In mid-stream (June-July 1914), [Ravi Bridge, Lahore]. Photographer: Unknown
Photo 405/3(23) : Erection of Girders by the floating method. Nearing Piers (June-July 1914), [Ravi Bridge, Lahore]. Photographer: Unknown
Photo 405/3(24) : View of Bridge from right bank, shewing completed bandrail & painting in progress (Oct 1914), [Ravi Bridge, Lahore].…
Photo 405/3(25) : View of roadway, shewing steel trough flooring, temporary entrance pillars, etc, (Oct 1914), [Ravi Bridge, Lahore].…
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- 032-003081465[0003]/040-003081547
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 405
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 70 items
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Techniques:
- Gelatin Silver Print
Photograph
Photographic Print - Start Date:
- 1913
- End Date:
- 1939
- Date Range:
- 1913-1930s
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 83 mm x 104 mm to 218 mm x 282 mm
- Source of Acquisition:
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Presented by Mrs T. Glancy, daughter of Rex Trevor-Jones.
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Known
- Names:
- Bali and Sons