Photograph of an exhausted brick field that was reclaimed by the banding and gátha banding system and now has two crops (khárif and rabi) growing there yearly in Calcutta, India. Part of the Survey of India, Calcutta, 1902.

Photograph 'showing gatha bandi on reclaimed land with shisham and babul plantations. This plate shows the gathas very indistinctly, the dark lines running parallel to each other are the fences.' Taken for the India Office in Calcutta in 1902.

Photograph of the head of the ravine leading into the Macpherson Lake showing the Waterfield bund and sluice. The image also shows the land that has been, and has not been, reclaimed by means of the bund. Part of the survey of India Office, Calcutta, 1902.

Photogravure of Macpherson Lake in Allahabad which was created from a reclaimed ravine with an extreme width. Part of the Survey India Office, Calcutta, 1902. Slide developed by Flatters, Milborne and McKechnie Ltd, Manchester.

Illustration and description of a main drain used in land drainage with the pipes and mole-track and branch highlighed.

Photograph of men farming in Egypt on reclaimed land from the desert with a camel and palm trees in the background in the early 20th century.

Photograph of a field of a rabi crop in Calcutta, India on land reclaimed by the Waterfield bund. Part of the Survey of India Office, Calcutta, 1902.

Photograph of ravine land six years after it was reclaimed, gatha-bandied and planted with trees. Part of the Survey India Office, Calcutta, 1902.

Photograph of ravine land 10 years after it had been reclaimed for cultivation purposes. Part of the Survey of the India Office, Calcutta in 1902.

Photograph of ravine land reclaimed by the Waterfield bund, growing a rabi crop immediately after reclamation. Part of the Survey of India Office, Calcutta, 1902.