Ghat Collection

George L Clowser and Swainston Adamson
l. to r. George L Clowser and Swainston Adamson joint managers; James J Berkley chief engineer Date: 1856

Royal Chattris, Orchha, India
The Royal Chattris (14 cenotaphs or tombs carved out of stone) of former rulers, in Kanchana Ghat on the banks of the river Betwa at Orchha, Madhya Pradesh Province, India

A burning ghat in India probably 1920s

A burning ghat, India

India - Benares - a burning ghat early 1900s

Burning ghats, Benares
Manikarnika (also known simply as the burning ghat) is the place where the majority of dead bodies are cremated in Varanasi. Hindus believe it will liberate them from the cycle of death and rebirth

1880's - dead body for cremation, burning ghat, Benares (Varanas)
1880's - dead body for cremation, burning ghat, Benares (Varanasi) India

Hindu Burning Ghat - Nimtala, Kolkata
The Hindu Burning Ghat (site of cremations) - Nimtala, Kolkata Date: circa 1910s

c. 1880s India - bathing ghat at Calcutta Kolkata

Vintage 19th century photograph: temple ghat, Benares, Varanasi, India

Burning ghat, burning the dead, Benares, Varanasi
Vintage 19th century photograph: burning ghat, burning the dead, Benares, Varanasi, India

Ghat on Ganges river, Benares, Varanasi, India, c. 1880 s
Ghat on Ganges river, Benares, Varanasi, India, c.1880 s

India - bathing at Kali Ghat, Calcutta
Vintage 19th century photograph, India - bathing at Kali Ghat, Calcutta, Samuel Bourne photograph

India - women preparing a corpse for cremation, Calcutta
Vintage 19th century photograph, India - women preparing a corpse for cremation, Burning Ghat, Calcutta

c. 1880s India - bathing at river ghat probably Calcutta Kolk
c.1880s India - bathing at a river ghat, probably Calcutta Kolkata

c. 1880s India - burning ghat Ganges at Benares Varanasi
c.1880s India - burning ghat for cremation dead bodies on the Ganges at Benares Varanasi

Bathing ghat on the Hooghly River Calcutta, India
19th century vintage photograph: Bathing ghat on the Hooghly River Calcutta, India

River bathing ghat Haridwar, India
19th century vintage photograph: River bathing ghat Haridwar, India

The Ghat, Haridwar, India, Hindus bathing in the Ganges
The Ghat, Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India, with Hindus bathing in the River Ganges. 19th century

Ghat and Temple at Gokul, India. 1840

Benares, India, burning Ghat, cremation by the Ganges
Benares, India burning Ghat, cremation by the River Ganges. circa 1910

Boatman, Ganges, India
An Indian man rows an old wooden boat in the River Ganges along the ghats of Varanasi. Bathers are in the water Date: 1987

The Italo-Turkish War - Tripoli occupied by Italy
The Italo-Turkish War - A postcard celebrating Tripoli being captured by Italy in 1911. Date: circa 1912

Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India - Man Mandir Ghat
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India - regarded as the spiritual capital of India - the Man Mandir Ghat, built by Rajah Man Singh in 1600, showing Jai Singhs stone observatory on the roof Date: circa 1910s

Maliks Ghat, Calcutta (Kolkata) India, circa 1890s. Date: circa 1890s

Suttee Chowrah Ghaut, 1860
The Suttee Chowrah Ghaut(Satichaura Ghat), later known as massacre Ghaut at Cawnpore, India, pictured as it was in 1860. The site is associated with the Indian Mutiny of 1857. Date: 1860

Bathing at Kalighat, Calcutta (Kolkata), India
People bathing at Kalighat, Calcutta (Kolkata), India. Date: circa 1890s

Washing clothes at a Dhobi Ghat, Calcutta, India
People washing clothes at a Dhobi Ghat, Calcutta (Kolkata), India. Date: circa 1890s

Bathing Ghat, Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India
Bathing Ghat, Haridwar, a pilgrimage city in Uttarakhand, India. Date: circa 1890s

People at a bathing Ghat, India. Date: circa 1890s

Bathing Ghat, Benares (Varanasi), Uttar Pradesh, India. Date: circa 1890s

Bathing ghat, Benares (Varanasi), India
Bathing ghat at Benares (Varanasi), India. Date: circa 1890s

India - Varanasi - Dashasomedh Ghat
India - Benares - Dashashwamedh Ghat - the main ghat in Varanasi on the Ganges River. It is located close to " Vishwanath Temple" Date: circa 1904

Benares, India - Riverside Ghat on the banks of the Holy River Ganges (a series of steps leading down to a body of water, particularly a holy river). Date: circa 1905

Mumbai, India - Dhobies drying Cloths - Mahalaxmi Dhobi Ghat
India - Dhobies drying the Cloths at the Dhobi Ghat (Mahalaxmi Dhobi Ghat), a well known open air laundromat in Mumbai, India

Mhow-ke-Mullee Viaduct, 3, 000 men employed; Khumnee Hill; mouth of Tunnel no 11; at 4 3/4 miles Date: 1856

Great retaining walls along the flank of Soangiri Hill; at 4 1/4 miles Date: 1856

Retaining wall and viaducts; Soangiri Hill above Oonee; at 4 miles Date: 1856

Village of Oonee; contractors workshops; Mr Clowser, joint manager of contract Date: 1856

Entrance to Tunnel no 9 from Tunnel no 8; Viaduct 100 ft high between them at 3 1/2 miles Date: 1856

Group of visitors to the works Date: 1856

Lanowlee Depot and the summit of incline; at 15 3/4 miles Date: 1856

Khandalla Station; at 13 1 / 4 miles
Khandalla Station; at 13 1/4 miles Date: 1856

Khandalla from the Tank; railway cutting; Delmont and Elphinstone Point; at 13 miles Date: 1856

View of Elphinstone Point from Khandalla Date: 1856

Khandalla Railway and Barracks; Carnac Point, and the Dukes Nose Mountain; at 12 3/4 miles Date: 1856

Khandalla Railway along scarp of ravine; Tunnels nos 25 and Delmont House; at 12 1/2 miles Date: 1856

Viaduct 150 ft high, in a ravine of Soangiri Hill at 3 1/4 miles Date: 1856

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