Construction of rail bridge over the River Mahanadi, India, 1898-9.
Category
Photographs
Date
1898 - 1899
Materials
Card
Measurements
231 x 273 mm
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520769.4
Summary
Albumen print of the construction of the rail bridge over the River Mahanadi, Cuttack, India (landscape). It shows the masonry bridge piers in various stages of construction, using both local labour and numerous stream engines. Central beneath the photograph on the frame is the title: 'Mahanuddy Bridge, General view from S bank. May/99'
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