Construction of the Bhramani Bridge, Odisha, India, 1898.
Category
Photographs
Date
1897 - 1899
Materials
Paper
Measurements
150 x 201 mm
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520769.23
Summary
Albumen print depicting the construction of the Bhranini (now Brahmani) bridge, Odisha, India in 1898/9 (landscape). It shows the erection of girder using a winch mechanism operated by local labour and supervised by a bearded gentleman. On verso written in pencil "Bhranini Bridge ,Girder erecting apparatus -19.12.98. The number 11 circled 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