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Subiaco Museum > Records

PHOTOGRAPH: BATTERY OF SIX TAPS AT JATHERI, INDIA

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c. 1954

Overview

Black and white photograph showing a battery of six taps with a trough and step running along the length of the installation in front. A bucket stands on the left and there is an unplastered brick wall immediately behind.
REVERSE: Handwritten in blue ink: 'No: 8'.
Upside down and underneath is a purple ink stamp 'ANAND STUDIO,/ Specialists in/ Portraits & Group Photo's/ Gurdwara Road, Karol Bagh, Delhi.'

Historical information

These taps were installed by Messrs E M Allcock and Mohatta Ltd at the village of Jatheri, 20 miles from Delhi. A Metters type 'K' windmill and a 4,000 gal water storage tank supplied the taps.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-43-1993.269

Item type

Material

Photographic Paper

Width

159 mm

Height or length

106 mm

Inscriptions and markings

Anand Studio, Gurdwara Road, Karol Bagh, Delhi

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Year

Statement of significance

Industrial and manufacturing history.

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