The Ceylon Plates
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Work & Industry

Hand-cranked crane lifting crates on the Colombo dockside

Colombo Harbour
Date not recorded; likely c. 1880–1910

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Identified
Named on the print, matched to a published caption, an unmistakable landmark, or identified by the collection’s owner.
Date basis
General estimate for this collection, not checked individually
Identified by
Visual identification; place and date compared with Lankapura captions
Place
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Reference
TCP-O43

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