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Kandy-Colombo Railway Line, 1867

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y303B/39

Scope and Contents

273 x 208 mm. View looking down the line towards the overhang of the ‘Lion’s Mouth’ (see Y303B/36) with labourers standing beneath the rock and two Europeans in the foreground. This photograph is reproduced in G.F. Perera, ‘The Ceylon Railway’ (Colombo, 1925), p 141, with a caption stating that the photograph was taken ‘during construction’. See also Y303B/45 and 48.

Dates

  • Creation: 1867

Conditions Governing Access

From the Fonds:

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Language of Materials

English

Date information

DateText: The date is approximate..

Finding aid date

2014-06-18 15:09:49+00:00

Includes index.

Repository Details

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