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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.
Place, date
Kabul, January/February 1880
Collection
Royal Engineers Museum, Library and Archive 1878-1880
Series
RE 100-115, Confidential Photographs/Plans
RE 100
Details
A square, two-storied military building with loopholes and pitch-noses on all sides, standing on the northern promontory of the hillock Tapa Maranjan (called Siah Sang at that time). The only access to the building is a ladder leading to the first floor.
Place, date
Kabul, Tapa Maranjan, spring 1880
Collection
Royal Engineers Museum, Library and Archive 1878-1880
Series
RE 100-115, Confidential Photographs/Plans
RE 101
Details
Panorama. In the centre of the right photograph is the massive construction of the so-called ‘Fort Roberts’ constructed by the British troops on top of Tapa Maranjan (at that time also called Siah Sang), just opposite to the Bala Hissar, which can be seen in the middle of the left photograph. The two panorama photographs RE 074 and 075 were taken close by.
Place, date
Kabul, Tapa Maranjan, spring 1880
Collection
Royal Engineers Museum, Library and Archive 1878-1880
Series
RE 100-115, Confidential Photographs/Plans
RE 102
Details
A general view of the so-called Bala Borj (upper tower) from SW. This fortification was constructed on top of the remains of a Buddhist stupa on the crest of the mountain Koh-e Sher Darwaza, marked with A on the General Plan. Another building stands on the right side of the towerlike fortification.
Place, date
Kabul, Koh-e Sher Darwaza, winter 1879/80
Collection
Royal Engineers Museum, Library and Archive 1878-1880
Series
RE 100-115, Confidential Photographs/Plans
RE 103
Details