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- [188-]? (Creation)
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1 v. : ill. ; 35 x 24 cm
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Collection of 67 albumen prints, various sizes (20x14 cm ; 18.5x23cm) pasted on to leaves of foolscap sized journal. Photographs are of the construction of a railway in Baluchistan Province close to the border of Pakistan and Afghanistan. Several images in this collection have been annotated by one of the British Engineers on the project, who served at Chaman near the border of Afghanistan.
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Unrestricted access.
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- English
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Photographs are possibly by Fred Bremmer, who produced "Views of Sindh and Baluchistan Province" in 1889. He had a photographic studio in both Quetta and Karachi during this period.
The Executive Engineer for the project was Captain Scott Moncreiff, R.E. of the Bombay Sappers.
Some photos with captions.
Railway has various names: Sind Peshin State Railway, Baluchistan Railway, Chaman Extension Railway, Sinah Peshin Railway, North West Provinces Railway, Hurnai Railway.
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- Sind-Peshin Railway -- Pictorial works
- Railroads -- India -- Pictorial works
- Railroads -- Pakistan -- Pictorial works
- Railroads -- Afghanistan -- Pictorial works
- Pakistan -- Description and travel
- Pakistan -- Pictorial works
- Baluchistan -- Pictorial works
- Afghanistan -- Description and travel
- Afghanistan -- Pictorial works
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- Moncrieff, Scott (Subject)
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Migrated
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Migrated from LMS: April 2019, P.A.