Construction of the Bhramani Bridge, Odisha, India 1898.
Category
Photographs
Date
1898 - 1899
Materials
Measurements
150 x 195 mm
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520769.13
Summary
Albumen print depicting the construction of the Bhranini (now Brahmani) bridge Odisha, India in in 1898/9 (landscape). It shows the masonry bridge piers in various stages of construction, using both local labour and numerous steam engines. Verso, written in pencil 'Bhranini Bridge South Bank 30.6.1897', number 1 circled
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