Photograph Albums. Two large portfolio albums containing a total of 69 black-and-white photographs of railway construction in India.

Edité par [c.1920], 1920

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69 large black & white matt silver gelatin prints, approx. 30.5 x 19, mounted on grey card, 44.5. x 28. Loosely collected in two large morocco portfolios (one maroon, one dark green), lettered in gilt on front. v.g. A magnificent pair of albums containing photographs of railway infrastructure in India in the first part of the 20th century. A large number of the plates show sites in and around Bombay (now Mumbai). These include: Matunga station and its new workshop; Elphinstone Bridge; Kurla Junction and its new rail alignment; the Parsik Tunnel; Wadi Bunder Yard and its cranes; and two general views of the magnificent Victoria Station. Beyond Bombay, there are many images of sites in the Indian interior, including: reconstruction of the Tapti Bridge; a surveying party on Thull Ghat and images of the old and new tunnel; the Kalyan goods yard and station; shafts at the Gotitoria Colliery; Duke's Nose, Khandala, showing the reversing station; unloading coal at Bhusawal (including an image of workers riding on a crane as coal is tipped from a wagon); the overbridge at Nagpur under construction; and others. One photograph, dated 1919, shows an engineering congress group at Kalyan, Uttar Pradesh, a total of 90 or so European and Indian delegates, with many of the former holding pith helmets. Several of the photographs show what are captioned as 'washaways'; bridges and dams that have succumbed to the elements, and require complete rebuilding or repairs. The photographs are of excellent quality, and no doubt taken by a professional photographer, probably in the employ of the Great Indian Peninsular Railway. These magnificent albums were once the property of F.J. Preston, and each bears his name on the front. Francis John Preston was Chief Engineer of the Great Indian Peninsular Railway, and a member of the Institute of Civil Engineers. He was made a Companion of the Indian Empire in the New Years Honours list of 1919, and the initials C.I.E. appear on the front of each album. The photographs within no doubt show projects on which he was engaged, or at least had managerial oversight, some of which appear to be completed, and others showing works ongoing. Loosely inserted is an official document, November 1910, addressed to Preston from C.A. Kincaid, secretary to government, Judicial Dept., Bombay, with a conjoined certificate, making official Preston's appointment as Justice of the Peace.…

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Photograph Albums. Two large portfolio albums containing a total of 69 black-and-white photographs of railway construction in India.
Auteur
INDIA.
Éditeur
[c.1920]
Année de publication
1920
Reliure
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