Repair work to flood-damaged railway, c. 1890s.
Category
Photographs
Date
1890 - 1900
Materials
Card
Measurements
229 x 272 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520766.3
Summary
An albumen print photograph mounted on heavy cream card, extracted from an album. The image depicts repair work to a flooded railway line, of the Bengal Nagpur Railway Company, Sine Midnapur, Calcutta Extension. The print shows a bridge support, undermined by the flood water, being repaired by local labourers (both male and female) using very rudimentary implements. They are supervised by a local overseer. This page from the album is on the reverse of 1520766.4
Provenance
Part of the Fenton Collection. A gift from British Film Institute in 2017. From 1986-1999, part of BFI collection for the Museum of the Moving Image. BFI purchased collection in 1986 from James Fenton's Museum of Photography, Port Erin, Isle of Man 1976-1986