ER 125 — Moderne Eisen-Brücke in Darunta
Aufnahme der Hängebrücke über den Kabul-Fluss in Darunta, erstellt 1908-09. Die Aufnahme ist zur selben Zeit entstanden, wie diejenige in der Serie Souvenir d’Afghanistan (SdA 3-167) und zeigt die Brücke vom gegenüberliegenden Nord-Ufer aus. ♦♦♦ The first iron bridge in Afghanistan over the Kabul River at Darunta, constructed in 1908-09.
ER 125-2SdA Serie 2, Tafel 33: Dieselbe Brücke, von der gegenüberliegenden Seite aufgenommenSdA, Series 2, Table 33: The same bridge, photographed from the opposite side
ER 125-3Einweihung der Brücke durch Emir Habibullah KhanInauguration of the bridge by Emir Habibullah Khan
ER 125-4Der Artikel in The GraphicAn article in The Graphic
Aufnahme der Hängebrücke über den Kabul-Fluss in Darunta, erstellt 1908-09. Die Aufnahme ist zur selben Zeit entstanden, wie diejenige in der Serie Souvenir d’Afghanistan (SdA 3-167) und zeigt die Brücke vom gegenüberliegenden Nord-Ufer aus.
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The first iron bridge in Afghanistan over the Kabul River at Darunta, constructed in 1908-09.
[Album:] Strassenbrücke über den Laghmanfluss [sic], erbaut unter Habibullah.
[Foto, verso:] –
- Rybitschka-Album, Bild-Nummer: ER 125-1 = 536.
- The Graphic (1910), May 28, p. 768: “The first iron bridge in Afghanistan. Erected over the Kabul river, at the mouth of the famous Diroontah Gorge, about seven miles from Jellalabad. It has a span of 396 feet between the towers, and is ten feet wide. The bridge, which was constructed by Burn and Company, of Howrah, India, takes the place of a primitive ferry-boat made of skins stretched on a framework of timber.”
- Seraj ul-akhbar (1913) 2/14, S. 11: dieselbe Brücke.
- Souvenir d'Afghanistan, Serie 2, Tafel 33: dieselbe Brücke.
- Adamec (1985): Kabul and Southeastern Afghanistan, S. 152: “DARUNTA / 34-29 70-22 A difficult gorge through which the Kabul river flows between the Jalalabad district and Kats Laghman. It is reached at 7 ½ miles from Jalalabad and on the left bank of the Kabul river stands the old Darunta fort mentioned in the preceding article. A steel suspension bridge built by Messrs. Burn & Co., Howrah, and completed early in 1909 spans the gorge near this point. The bridge is 306 feet long, with a 10 feet roadway and is constructed to carry a load of 120 lbs. per square foot.”
- R.D. McChesney; M.M. Khorrami [Eds.] (2016): The history of Afghanistan, Fayz Muhammad Katib Hazarah’s Siraj al-tawarikh, Vol. 4, Part 4, S. 1259: Erwähnung des Baus der Brücke.
Image No.
ER 125
Collection
Emil Rybitschka, Afghanistan 1915-1920
Series
ER 101-128, Paläste und Residenzen
Format
Originalabzug 67/108 mm
Quality
sehr gut, etwas dunkel
Place, date
Darunta, 1909
Descriptors
Latitude / Longitude34.484885 / 70.362920
Google Earth34°29'05.6"N 70°21'46.5"E / 620 müM
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