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Photo 66/8(37)
- Record Id:
- 041-003044804
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003044336
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100025648519.0x000ce5
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 66/8(37)
- Title:
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[Sukkur Canal Project showing the construction of Sukkur Barrage.] Photographer: Unknown
- Scope & Content:
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Genre: Historical Events
Caption on reverse reads: 'A view showing 5 scouring sluices and 1[and a half] ordinary spans of barrage proper. Commencing from the left are seen the abutment wall and 6 piers completed nearly up to the springing of the arches during the 1927-28 season. In front of the piers are seen the cement concrete blocks measuring 10'x5'x3' laid in a width of 80' & also the dry stone pitching. The whole work was done inside a cofferdam made of steel piles driven to a depth of about 22' below the bed level of the Indus. In the left foreground & on the right are seen the pumps which were worked day and night to keep the cofferdams dry. In the distance are seen cranes, etc, utilised for lifting materials. The cofferdam is of course made in the River & in May 1928 while work was going on inside the cofferdam, water level of the river Indus was nearly 20' above the level of the floor of the cofferdam'.
Subjects = barrages; canals; civil engineering; irrigation; water supplies
Location = Pakistan; Sindh; Sukkur; Sukkur Canal
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003044336
040-003044767
041-003044804 - Is part of:
- Photo 66 : Miscellaneous photographs of India, principally connected with public works, civil engineering, town planning and architecture.
Photo 66/8 : Views in India. Photographer(s): Beg, M.M.
Photo 66/8(37) : [Sukkur Canal Project showing the construction of Sukkur Barrage.] Photographer: Unknown - Hierarchy:
- 032-003044336[0008]/040-003044767[0037]/041-003044804
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 66
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Start Date:
- 1928
- End Date:
- 1928
- Date Range:
- 1928
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Known
- Subjects:
- Sukkur Canal Project, 1920