Construction of the Bhramani Bridge, Odisha, India, 1898.
Category
Photographs
Date
1897 - 1899
Materials
Paper
Measurements
147 x 20 mm
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520769.17
Summary
Albumen print depicting the construction of the Bhranini (now Brahmani) bridge, Odisha, India in 1898/9 (landscape). It shows the masonry bridge piers in various stages of construction, using both local labour and numerous steam engines. On verso written in pencil 'Bhranini Bridge "pile" No 25, 3.11.1897'. The number 5 in top left corner.
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