Caption
Dumping SS Madjoe (sand loading) 1st work, Belawan Ocean Port, photograph, Dredging and pumping work by the SS Madjoe at the construction pit. Numbered: 133. Part of the group of loose photographs regarding the construction of the port of Belawan on the coast off Medan, Sumatra 1921-1922., inscription: 'No. 133 Ocean Port Belawan, SS Madjoe Dump (sand load) 1st work', date: '11, 3.22', Belawan, 1922-03-11, photographer, Sumatra, paper, daylight gelatin silver print, height 160 mm x width 220 mm, harbor, building-site, dredge, dredging machine, economic history, overseas history, traffic and transport, infrastructure, dredging work, Period, 1921 - 1922, A wide, low-angle shoreline scene showing a raised, narrow earthen embankment running toward the water, with thin vertical poles driven along its length and rough, muddy ground on either side scattered with broken wooden planks and stumps; a large vessel sits moored near the end of the embankment with a smaller boat alongside it, other boats and barges visible on the calm water in the distance, and a tree-lined shoreline on the horizon under a pale sky.
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Photo12/Liszt Collection
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LZT26A75_414
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