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Lower Ganges Canal, Ramghat cutting
G.W. Woodcroftabout 1872
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
View of man-made canal in mid-construction, with a series of numbered open wagons on one of the two railtracks visible in the foreground and a bridge traversing the canal in the background. Also visible are a number of people dressed in traditional garments standing near the open wagons.
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Details
- Title: Lower Ganges Canal, Ramghat cutting
- Creator: G.W. Woodcroft
- Date Created: about 1872
- Location Created: Doab, India
- Physical Dimensions: 21 × 27 cm (8 1/4 × 10 5/8 in.)
- Type: Print
- External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
- Medium: Albumen silver print
- Terms of Use: Open Content
- Number: 2007.26.206.60
- Culture: British
- Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Partial gift from the Wilson Centre for Photography
- Creator Display Name: possibly G.W. Woodcroft (British, active 1860s - 1880s)
- Classification: Photographs (Visual Works)
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