Caption
Sf. Gending, Special mode of transport suspended between two wagons of the first body of the Evaporation, album page, photograph, Album page with a photograph of the preparation for rail transport of an evaporation body. Produced by Machinefabriek Braat in Surabaya and intended for the Gending Sugar Factory. Part of the photo album Machinefabriek Braat Soerabaia-Djocja-Tegal, ca. 1916-1924., Surabaya, 1916 - 1924, photographer, Java, East Java, paper, pasteboard, gelatin silver print, developed gelatin silver print, height 162 mm x width 210 mm, height 240 mm x width 290 mm, Person, NV Machinefabriek Braat, Gending Sugar Factory, colonial system, machines, parts of machines, tools and appliances, freight train, economic history, overseas history, sugar industry, company history, Period, A black and white photograph showing a large cylindrical metal boiler-like structure mounted on a flat railcar platform with men working around and on it; the structure has riveted seams and circular openings, and a ladder-like frame attached to its side; several men in work clothes are positioned on top of the cylinder and on the railcar, some standing and some crouching, and one man faces the camera standing on the frame; the scene is set under a corrugated metal roof of an industrial shed with open bays and structural beams visible in the background, and metal rails, beams, and construction materials scattered in the foreground and on the ground.
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Photo12/Liszt Collection
Reference
LZT26A75_475
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