Calcutta (India)

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Photograph of a Dera Ghazi Khan cow (Bhagnari). Part of the Survey of India Office, Calcutta, May 1902.

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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.

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Photograph of a farm manager's bungalow and lawn which was taken as part of the Survey of India Office, Calcutta, 1904. Slide developed by Flatters, Milborne and McKechnie Ltd, Manchester.

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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.

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Photograph of the Great Banyan tree in the Botanical Gardens in Calcutta, India in the early 20th century. The image show the sprawling width of the tree in the background and its reflection in a lake in the foreground.

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Illustration of the Great Banyan tree in the Botanical Gardens, Calcutta, [India] in the 19th century.

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Photograph of the Sanhiwal [Sahiwal] cow, "Hallowes" standing in a paddock in the early 20th century. Part of the Survey of the India Office, Calcutta in 19[?]

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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.

Scope and Contents This file contains a folder entitled Housing diagram for the ABT containing research for the diagram: notes, mixed correspondence and Ministry of Works forms and circulars. There is a set of minutes for the Association of Building Technicians and Association of Scientific Workers Joint Committee on Housing, dated 24 January 1947 . There is also a personal letter to Sris Chandra Chatterjee in Calcutta, dated 10 August 1947, concerning...

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Photograph of two men demonstrating a quick method of making irrigation beds in Calcutta, India.