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Calcutta
GB 249 T-GED/22/1/1243 · Item · 1914
Part of India: Individual Towns, Cities, Regions etc.

'C[alcutta]. I[mprovement]. T[rust] Scheme VII B. Central Avenue Kolutola St. to Bow Bazar St.'
'A. de Bois Shiosbree Chef Valuer'

Scale: 1 inch to 100 feet

Delhi
GB 249 T-GED/22/1/1268 · Item · 1914 [publication]
Part of India: Individual Towns, Cities, Regions etc.

Two pages with reproductions of drawings of the Secretariat and Government House at New Delhi, mounted on one sheet.

  • 'Secretariat, Delhi: Front looking West.'; 'Secretariat, Delhi: Side View from low Level.'; 'Secretariat, Delhi: Inside from the great Platform Level.'; 'Mr. Herbert Baker [...] Architect'
  • 'Government House, Delhi: as seen between the Secretariats.'; 'Government House, Delhi: From the South.'; 'Government House, Delhi: The Main Front.'; 'Mr. E.L. Lutyens [...], Architect.'

Extracted from 'The Builder, September 25, 1914'.

Baker, Herbert, 1862-1946, architect
Madurai
GB 249 T-GED/22/1/1335 · Item · 1913 - 1915
Part of India: Individual Towns, Cities, Regions etc.

'Uppukara Block III Ward Madura Town'

Two planning proposals for a block in Madurai, mounted on one sheet.

  • 'Sketch No. 1 As approved by the Sanitary Commissioner'; '(Signed) S. Padmanabha Aiyar Engineer 11-5-15'; black and white; 42.9 x 33.5 cm
  • 'Sketch No. 2 As approved by Prof. Geddes'; '(Signed) S. Padmanabha Aiyar Engineer 8-5-13'; colour, crayon on black and white print; 42.3 x 33.5 cm; annotated by Patrick Geddes

'(signed) by V. Srinivasan Chairman'
'Helico-Zinco., Survey Office, Madras 1915'

S[ ] Padmanabha Aiyar; Patrick Geddes.

Madras' endorsed in manuscript in pencil on reverse.

Calcutta
GB 249 T-GED/22/1/1233 · Item · [c. 1913]
Part of India: Individual Towns, Cities, Regions etc.

'Traffic Route Diagram showing desires of Calcutta Traffic.'
Anon.

Scale: 3 inches to 1 mile

'Calcutta Improvement Trust E.P. Richards M, Inst. C.E.' stamped in bottom right corner.

Plan was originally transparent as to be placed over traffic intensity map [ref: GB 249 T-GED 22/1/1232].

Calcutta
GB 249 T-GED/22/1/1234 · Item · [c. 1913]
Part of India: Individual Towns, Cities, Regions etc.

'The Calcutta Tramways Company Ltd Route Map Calcutta & Howrah'

Anon.

Scale: 3 inches to 1 mile

'Calcutta Improvement Trust E.P. Richards M, Inst. C.E.' stamped in bottom right corner.

Madras
GB 249 T-GED/22/1/1333 · Item · 1913 - 1914
Part of India: Individual Towns, Cities, Regions etc.

Three technical drawings for different types of wells, mounted on one sheet.

  • 'Madras Sanitary Board Type Design for Open Well fitted with I Semi Rotary Pumps'
  • 'Madras Sanitary Board Type Design for Deep Well fitted with Pump and W. I. Tank with Taps'
  • 'Madras Sanitary Board Design for Deep Well (when M. W. L. is very low) fitted with Pump and W. I. Tank with Taps'

'W. Hutton Assoc. M. Inst. C.E. Superintending Engineer Sanitary Engineer to Govt.'

Various scales

Kangra District
GB 249 T-GED/22/1/1341 · Item · c. 1913
Part of India: Individual Towns, Cities, Regions etc.

One photograph of a plan and one photographic view of notable buildings in Kangra District, mounted on one sheet.

  • '[Brahman]ical Rock-Cut-Temples Masrur Kangra District 1913. Groundplan'; 'Ghulam Mod' endorsed bottom left; 'H. Hargraves [ ] Superintendent Hindu and Buddhist Monuments Northern Circle'; 28.3 x 20.7 cm; title repeated in manuscript in pencil on reverse
  • '[Nurfrur] Fort Entrance Dist. Kangra' endorsed in manuscript in pencil on reverse; 20.1 x 14.5 cm

H. Hargreaves; Anon.

'Superintendent., Archaeological Survey., Hindu & Buddhist Monuments., Northern Circle' stamped on reverse.

Calcutta
GB 249 T-GED/22/1/1231 · Item · [c. 1913]
Part of India: Individual Towns, Cities, Regions etc.

'City of Calcutta'
'Sociological map.'
'Taylor, Garnett, Evans & Co., Ltd, Manchester, Reddisch, and London'

Anon.

Scale: 3 inches to 1 mile

'Calcutta Improvement Trust E.P. Richards M, Inst. C. E.' stamped in bottom left corner.

Delhi
GB 249 T-GED/22/1/1270 · Item · 1913
Part of India: Individual Towns, Cities, Regions etc.

'The Qutb. Delhi Bird's-eye Sketch showing recent improvements to the Qutb Area'
'Gordon Sanderson delt Ap[ril]. 12 1913 Superintendent Muhammadan & British Monuments Northern Circle'