The Ceylon Plates

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Old photographs of Southwest coast

Beaches, fishing craft and the coastal railway between Negombo, Colombo and Galle, where the exact spot is not known.

TCP-T33Newly laid track through coconut landCoast Line, southwest coast (probable) · c. 1890–1895TCP-T65Railway bridge over wide riverCoast Line, Kalutara or Bentota (probable) · c. 1890–1895TCP-T63New railway yard with palmsCoast Line, southwest coast (probable) · c. 1890–1895TCP-T27Railway line, buildings and telegraphCoast Line, southwest coast (probable) · c. 1890–1895TCP-T31Railway bridge under construction on a river, piersCoast Line, Bentota or Kalutara (probable) · c. 1890–1895TCP-T134Oruwa with dark sail on palm beachc. 1880–1900TCP-T172Oruwa under sail with crewc. 1880–1900TCP-T142Oruwas on a beach beneath tall palmsc. 1880–1900TCP-T22Railway officials on a station verandaCoast Line, southwest coast (probable) · c. 1890–1895TCP-T137Oruwa at sunsetc. 1875–1895TCP-T24Railway station yard, palms and new trackCoast Line, southwest coast (probable) · c. 1890–1895TCP-T30Station building with gabled roofs along a new lineCoast Line, southwest coast (probable) · c. 1890–1895TCP-T132Two-masted vessel and canoes on the beachc. 1880–1900TCP-T131Outrigger canoe on still water at palm shorec. 1880–1900TCP-L243Rocky islet with palms and beach groupc. 1880–1900TCP-T25Railway yard and palmsCoast Line, southwest coast (probable) · c. 1890–1895TCP-T28Steam locomotive and workers at a stationCoast Line, southwest coast (probable) · c. 1890–1895TCP-T39Steel railway bridge over river from the bankCoast Line, Bentota or Kalutara (probable) · c. 1890–1895TCP-T29Locomotive shed and engine in yardCoast Line, southwest coast (probable) · c. 1890–1895TCP-T68Railway bridge over wide river framed by palmCoast Line, Kalutara or Bentota (probable) · c. 1890–1895TCP-O7Cinnamon drying on racks, thatched houseSouthwest coast (Colombo-Negombo belt, probable) · c. 1880–1900TCP-T124Row of outrigger sailing canoes on a palm beachSouthwest coast, Colombo-Negombo (probable) · c. 1880–1900TCP-T43Crowd at a station beneath a decorated arch (railway opening, probable)Coast Line, southwest coast (probable) · c. 1890–1895TCP-T41Crowd at a station beneath a decorated arch (railway opening, probable)Coast Line, southwest coast (probable) · c. 1890–1895TCP-P436Cinnamon peelers at a thatched houseSouthwest coast (Colombo-Negombo belt, probable) · c. 1880–1900TCP-T126Outrigger sailing canoes (oruwa)Southwest coast, Colombo-Negombo (probable) · c. 1880–1900TCP-T69Railway bridge over river with torn printCoast Line, Kalutara or Bentota (probable) · c. 1890–1895TCP-T34Railway curve through palm grovesCoast Line, southwest coast (probable) · c. 1890–1895TCP-T72Railway track and ditchCoast Line, southwest coast (probable) · c. 1890–1895TCP-T179Canoes in surf with a rocky point behindc. 1880–1900TCP-T42Crowd at a station beneath a decorated arch (railway opening, probable)Coast Line, southwest coast (probable) · c. 1890–1895TCP-T35Railway tunnel portal with pump trolleyCoast Line, southwest coast (probable) · c. 1890–1895TCP-O6Cinnamon peelers at a houseSouthwest coast (Colombo-Negombo belt, probable) · c. 1880–1900TCP-T133Oruwa with crew launchingc. 1880–1900TCP-T128Outrigger canoe and catamaran on a beachc. 1880–1900TCP-T71Railway track at a bridgeCoast Line, Kalutara or Bentota (probable) · c. 1890–1895TCP-T70River and bridge framed by palmCoast Line, Kalutara or Bentota (probable) · c. 1890–1895TCP-T62Wide river with distant railway bridgeCoast Line, Kalutara (probable) · c. 1890–1895TCP-T66Railway bridge over wide river with canoeCoast Line, Kalutara or Bentota (probable) · c. 1890–1895TCP-T130Outrigger canoes under leaning palmsc. 1880–1900TCP-T136Bay with oruwas under a treec. 1880–1900TCP-T64New railway yard with palms and shedCoast Line, southwest coast (probable) · c. 1890–1895TCP-T141Oruwas under leaning palmsc. 1880–1900TCP-T138Fishermen on a shining seac. 1880–1900TCP-T40Steel railway bridge over river from the bankCoast Line, Bentota or Kalutara (probable) · c. 1890–1895TCP-T180Palm-lined beach, boats at distancec. 1880–1900TCP-T26Railway yard, buildingsCoast Line, southwest coast (probable) · c. 1890–1895TCP-T32River with construction timbersCoast Line, Bentota or Kalutara (probable) · c. 1890–1895

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