Sujet

Steam locomotive at Sensation Corner on the Colombo to Kandy Railway

Légende

A steam locomotive comes around the corner of a mountain with a cliff face on the right and a rocky incline on the left. There are mountains in the distance with trees and a telegraph pole next to the railway. Caption reads: Sensation Corner on the Colombo-Kandy Railway. Inscribed on negative: Scowen. Scowen & Co. was a successful photographic firm working in Ceylon in the late 19th century.

Date

1885

Crédit

Photo12/UIG/Bristol Archives/Dring collection

Notre référence

UMG24A02_252

Model release

Non

Property release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

46,9Mo (1,9Mo) / 28,5cm x 41,2cm / 3370 x 4867 (300dpi)

Mots clés

steam locomotive comes around corner mountain cliff face right rocky incline left mountains distance trees telegraph pole next railway caption reads sensation corner colombo-kandy railway inscribed negative scowen scowen co successful photogr ceylon sri lanka historical content history historical photography