RE 100 — Bridge over Kabul River

A further view of the Pul-e Feringi-Bridge over the Kabul River, SE of the Sherpur cantonment, built by the 5th Company of Bengal Sappers and Miners. Photographs RE 088 – RE 090 show the same bridge.

Location and direction of the photographs, taken by the Photograph School of the Bengal Sappers & Miners

A further view of the Pul-e Feringi-Bridge over the Kabul River, SE of the Sherpur cantonment, built by the 5th Company of Bengal Sappers and Miners.
Photographs RE 088 – RE 090 show the same bridge.

[Album:] Photo. No. 5. / Bridge over Kabul River. Looking up-stream, i.e., West. Bemaru hills on the right. [S&M List:] 2-36 Bridge over Kabul River.

Original:
Chatham: Cabul Defences, Photo No. 5, “Green Album”, No. J1 6/256
Collection Cabul Defences, Plan No. 3: “Killa Ibrahim Khan.” and Plan No. 3 A: “Bridge over Cabul River at Fort Ibrahim Khan.”
Not in the albums of the usual RE Collections.

Image No.

RE 100

Collection

Royal Engineers Museum, Library and Archive 1878-1880 1878-1880

Series

RE 100-115, Confidential Photographs/Plans

Format

Albumen paper with gold toning, 195/275 mm, on brittle, brown paper with captions

Quality

good, background faded

Place, date

Kabul, January/February 1880