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Photo 501/1

Record Id:

040-003096698

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003096697

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100025910660.0x000208

LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Photo 501/1

Title:

Charles Frederick Sykes Collection: Album of railway construction views Photographer(s): Dadabhoy, M.

Scope & Content:

Red half-leather bound album, covers detached from album block, measuring 300x385mm, titled 'Scrap Book' in gold on spine. Apart from the minority of prints which are captioned in the negative, the photographs are untitled and the location of many of the views is unknown. The contents of the album can be broken down as follows:

Prints 1-7 Construction of the New Tay Viaduct, 1885-6.

Prints 8-16 Construction of the Lansdowne Bridge, Sukkur, 1887-9.

Prints 17-18 Construction of an unidentified railway bridge, identified as 'F.S.B.', 1886-7.

Prints 19-24 Views of railway sheds, offices, bungalows, probably at the railway headquarters at Sukkur, 1880s.

Prints 25-49 Views of railway bridges and construction work at unidentified locations, all probably on the North-Western Railway. Prints 29-30, 42-3 show railway buildings, again probably at Sukkur. Print 45 shows the scene of an accident.

From the collection of Charles Frederick Sykes (great-uncle of the donor). C. F. Sykes trained at the Royal Engineering College, Cooper's Hill, and subsequently served as an engineer in India until his retirement in 1906.

Collection Area:

Visual Arts

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-003096697
040-003096698

Is part of:

Photo 501 : Charles Frederick Sykes Collection: Photographs of India and Scotland.

Photo 501/1 : Charles Frederick Sykes Collection: Album of railway construction views Photographer(s): Dadabhoy, M.

Contains:

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Hierarchy:

032-003096697[0001]/040-003096698

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 501

Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

49 items

Digitised Content:

Languages:

Not applicable

Scripts:

Not applicable

Techniques:

Albumen Print
Photograph
Photographic Print
Silver Printing-Out Paper Print

Start Date:

1880

End Date:

1889

Date Range:

1880s

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Dimensions: 100 mm x 257 mm to 264 mm x 348 mm

Source of Acquisition:

Presented by Mr M. Sykes

Material Type:

Photographs

Legal Status:

Not Known