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Photo 1123/10
- Record Id:
- 040-003177423
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003177238
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100026599950.0x000e9d
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 1123/10
- Title:
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Cooper's Hill Collection: Photographs of the Mettur Dam, Madras, presented by Sir C. T. Mullings, C. S. I., (1892-95), Chief Engineer of the Work. Photographer(s): City Photo Works
- Scope & Content:
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Folder containing 10 gelatin silver prints, mounted on paper leaves with photo corners, with accompanying typescript caption labels. The series comprises a group portrait of P.W.D. engineering staff, taken at Calcutta in 1937, followed by 9 views recording the construction of the Mettur Dam (completed in 1934), across the Kaveri River in Tamil Nadu. Formerly Mss Eur F239/46.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003177238
040-003177423 - Is part of:
- Photo 1123 : Cooper's Hill Collection: Photographs relating to Cooper's Hill and civil engineering works carried out in India by former…
Photo 1123/10 : Cooper's Hill Collection: Photographs of the Mettur Dam, Madras, presented by Sir C. T. Mullings, C. S. I., (1892-95), Chief… - Contains:
- Photo 1123/10(1) : Staff of the Chief Engineer's Office, taken at Writer's Buildings, Calcutta, in 1937. Photographer: Unknown
Photo 1123/10(2) : Mettur Dam site 1926, looking W.N.W. Photographer: Unknown
Photo 1123/10(3) : Work under construction [on the Mettur Dam] Decr. 1931. Towers are 306 ft. high. Photographer: Unknown
Photo 1123/10(4) : Flood season 1933 [Mettur Dam]. Photographer: Unknown
Photo 1123/10(5) : Upstream view of [Mettur] Dam under construction, July 1933. Photographer: Unknown
Photo 1123/10(6) : Completed [Mettur] Dam, 1934. Photographer: Unknown
Photo 1123/10(7) : Mettur Dam, August 1934, looking N.W. Photographer: Unknown
Photo 1123/10(8) : Surplus escape, upstream [from Mettur Dam]. 16 vents 60 ft. by 20 ft. Photographer: City Photo Works
Photo 1123/10(9) : Site of hydro-electric power station [at the Mettur Dam] in 1934 which has since been built. Pipes 8½ ft. diameter.…
Photo 1123/10(10) : The Agniar acqueduct carrying the main canal over the Agniar River in Tanjore district. Photographer: Unknown
Click here to View / search full list of parts of Photo 1123/10 - Hierarchy:
- 032-003177238[0009]/040-003177423
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 1123
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 10 items
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Techniques:
- Gelatin Silver Print
Photograph
Photographic Print - Start Date:
- 1926
- End Date:
- 1937
- Date Range:
- 1926-1937
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 125 mm x 185 mm to 185 mm x 240 mm
- Former Internal References:
- Mss Eur F239/46
- Source of Acquisition:
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Gift, Presented by the Cooper's Hill Society. Transferred from Private Papers (formerly Mss Eur F239/46) to APAC Prints, Drawings and Photographs Section 2002.
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Known
- Subjects:
- Civil engineering
Dams
Mettur Dam (Tamil Nadu) - Places:
- Mettur, Tamil Nadu, Tamil Nādu, India, Asia