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Photo 752/10(13)
- Record Id:
- 041-003103844
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003103471
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100026024896.0x0001c0
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100145079211.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 752/10(13)
- Title:
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Ceylon. Colombo Harbour Breakwater. Photographer: Plâté, A. W. A.
- Scope & Content:
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Genre: Landscape Photography
Waves breaking over the breakwater during the monsoon.
Subjects = breakwaters; Macnabb Collection; ports
Location = Ceylon; Colombo; Sri Lanka; Western Province
Photograph showing heavy seas striking the breakwater in the harbour in Colombo, the capital of Sri Lanka (Ceylon), taken by A.W.A.Plâté & Co. in c.1900. In 1796, the British occupied Colombo and put an end to 140 years of Dutch rule. Colombo became the capital of Ceylon and the modern town and harbour were developed under British rule. In the second half of the 19th century major works were undertaken, such as constructing of breakwaters in the harbour, to effect the transformation of Colombo into a significant port. It became the island's main port and commercial centre, surpassing Trincomalee and Galle both of which were natural harbours.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003103471
040-003103831
041-003103844 - Is part of:
- Photo 752 : Macnabb Collection: photographs relating to the Macnabb and Reid families in England, India and elsewhere.
Photo 752/10 : Macnabb Collection (James Lostock Ironside Reid): Album of views of India, Sri Lanka and Burma Photographer(s): Klier, Philip Adolphe
Photo 752/10(13) : Ceylon. Colombo Harbour Breakwater. Photographer: Plâté, A. W. A. - Hierarchy:
- 032-003103471[0010]/040-003103831[0013]/041-003103844
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 752
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100145079211.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Start Date:
- 1899
- End Date:
- 1901
- Date Range:
- c 1900
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Format: Bound in Volume
Secondary Support: Card
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Known