| Title |
Views at Kalewa and on Upper Chindwin |
| Reference |
Y3029C/28-75 |
| Covering Dates |
1894–1897 |
| Extent and Medium |
48 images; Good condition. |
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| Content and context |
A series of prints measuring approximately 155 x 105 mm. The majority of the prints are captioned. |
| Further information |
Indexed |
| Index Terms |
| Asia |
| Chindwin |
| Kalewa |
| Myanmar |
| Sagaing |
| RCS/Y3029C/28-75 contains: |
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28
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Kalewa, flood, '94. 157 x 107 mm. A view looking down on the village of Kalewa under floodwater, with the Chindwin River in the background. Situated at the junction of the Chindwin and Myittha Rivers, Kalewa was, until troops in the Chin Hills were replaced by military police, headquarters of the Chin Hills Military Command.
Poor condition, overall fading.. |
1894 |
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29
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At Kalewa 1894. 153 x 110 mm. Showing a paddle steamer approaching the landing stage at Kalewa. The Irrawaddy Flotilla Company made an expedition up the Chindwin in 1881 to assess the feasibility of extending its operations along this river. The result of this was the construction of the Kahbyoo which opened the first service between Pakokku and Kindat in 1882. The service was temporarily withdrawn during the troubles in Upper Burma of 1884 and 1885 but was subsequently resumed.
Fair condition.. |
1894 |
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30
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At Kalewa 1894. 153 x 109 mm. Showing an unidentified sternwheeler under steam on the Chindwin at Kalewa.
Good condition.. |
1894 |
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31
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Kalewa. 130 x 85 mm (oval print). A view looking down on two steam pinnaces moored at Kalewa, with a large gathering of packhorses grouped on the bank in the foreground.
Good condition.. |
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32
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S.S. 'Amyen', Kalewa, 14.12.94. 154 x 112 mm. Showing the sternwheeler 'Amyen' under steam on the Chindwin at Kalewa. Built in 1888, the 'Amyen' saw service until 1925 when she was scuttled three miles below Dedaye.
Good condition.. |
14 Dec. 1894 |
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33
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Cantonment, Kalewa, '95. 133 x 75 mm (oval print). A view looking across the river towards the military headquarters on the further shore, with a sternwheeler moored at the landing stage.
Good condition.. |
1895 |
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34
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Bazaar Point, Kalewa, 95. 128 x 77 mm (oval print). A view looking across the river towards the buildings of Kalewa.
Good condition.. |
1895 |
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35
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Paddy raft, Kalewa 95. 157 x 111 mm. Showing a long raft on board which are a number of huts containing the paddy:. 'The climate is conducive to paddy cultivation, especially in the valley of the Muittha River which joins the Chindwin at Kalewa, and the traditional movement of the paddy for milling at Monywa is as fine an example of transportation economics as one could find. Rafts are built of the plentiful bamboo of the area, ten to twelve huts of dani leaves, better known as atap are erected on the rafts and these are filled with paddy. With a tiny hut for the raftsman, they are carried down the river and at their destination not only the paddy but also the rafts and huts are sold' (McCrae and Prentice 1978, p.82).
Good condition.. |
1895 |
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36
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Commissariat elephants, Kalewa 95. 156 x 111 mm. A view looking down onto the river bank where the commissariat are gathered with their keepers in a semi-circle at the water's edge.
Good condition.. |
1895 |
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37
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F.T.W.'s House, Kalewa 95. 155 x 108 mm. A view looking up a steep slope towards Williams' verandahed bungalow.
Good condition.. |
1895 |
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38
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Mills' House, Kalewa 95. 157 x 112 mm. Showing a verandahed bungalow, with a garden in front on the slope running down to the river. The figure standing on the verandah is presumably Mills, about whom no biographical information is to hand.
Good condition.. |
1895 |
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39
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H.Q. Kalewa Fasting Society, '95. 113 x 152 mm. A view looking up a flight of wooden steps to a small square bungalow, raised above the ground on poles. The meaning of the 'Kalewa Fasting Society' has not been identified.
Good condition.. |
1895 |
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40
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Kalewa, Cantoment, '97. 159 x 115 mm. View from the river giving a view of the cantonment buildings.
Good condition.. |
1897 |
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41
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Post Office Hill, Kalewa. 159 x 111 mm. A view looking along the riverbank (with covered canoes in the foreground) towards European houses and, on a hill, the spires of temples. |
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42
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Bazaar Point, Kalewa. 153 x 114 mm. View from a hillside looking down onto a spit of land with a street of Burmese houses. A paddlesteamer is moored at the far end of the point.
Good condition.. |
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43
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Upper Chindwin, Kalewa. 161 x 111 mm. View of river and cliffs at Kalewa.
Good condition.. |
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44
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Kalewa. 150 x 111 mm. View of the river at Kalewa, with jungle covered hills on either bank.
Good condition.. |
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45
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['Thambyadine' at moorings, (?) Irrawaddy River]. 161 x 112 mm. Showing the paddlesteamer 'Thambyadine' moored at a landing place at an unidentified location. Built in 1879 and serving the Mandalay-Bhamo route, the 'Thambyadine' was used by General Prendergast as his HQ during the advance of the Irrawaddy in the Third Burmese War of 1885. The boat was broken up at Dalla in 1925. No record of service by this boat on the Chindwin has been located.
Good condition.. |
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46
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[Loading firewood]. 153 x 114 mm. Showing a line of Burmese women with loads of fuel carried on their heads, standing on a gang plank waiting to board a steamer.
Good condition.. |
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47
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[Wreck of the 'Tammu']. 160 x 111 mm. Showing the broken and half-submerged wreck of the sternwheeler 'Tammu'. This boat is not listed in Chubb, H.J. and C.L.D. Duckworth (1973), Irrawaddy Flotilla Company Limited, 1865-1950, Maritime monographs and reports no.7, London : [National Maritime Museum]. The vessel was therefore probably operated by the Burmese Government.
Good condition.. |
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48
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'Tammu'. 152 x 107 mm. Close up view of the wrecked sternwheeler 'Tannu'.
Good condition.. |
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49
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[Wreck of the 'Tammu']. 153 x 107 mm. Close up view of the wrecked sternwheeler 'Tammu'. |
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50
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[Wrecked sternwheeler]. 160 x 114 mm. Showing the broken, half-submerged wreck of an unidentified sternwheeler.
Good condition.. |
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51
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[Wrecked sternwheeler]. 148 x 109 mm. Showing the wreck of a sternwheeler.
Fair condition, some fading.. |
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52
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Myittha. 154 x 111 mm. View on the Myittha River, with a shooting hide on the bank in the left foreground.
Good condition.. |
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53
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Myittha. 153 x 112 mm. Close view of a shooting hide beside the Myittha River.
Good condition.. |
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54
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Myittha. 128 x 81 mm (oval print). Showing a boat negotiating rapids on the Myittha River, with an encampment of tents (probably military) in the background on the further bank.
Good condition.. |
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55
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Myittha. 158 x 113 mm. View of rapids on the Myittha River.
Good condition.. |
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56
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Myittha. 163 x 110 mm. View of peaceful stretch of river.
Good condition.. |
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57
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Myittha. 156 x 109 mm. View of peaceful stretch of river.
Good condition.. |
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58
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Myittha. 154 x 110 mm. View looking across a bend in the river, with jungle covered hills in the background.
Good condition, apart from slight fading at edges.. |
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59
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Myittha. 155 x 112 mm. View looking along a stretch of the river.
Fair condition, some fading.. |
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60
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Myittha. 155 x 110 mm. View looking along the river, with Burmese boatmen in the middle ground.
Good condition.. |
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61
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Upper Chindwin. 163 x 113 mm. View from the river of a village on the bank.
Good condition.. |
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62
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Poongy Kyaung at Kan, Upper Chindwin. 160 x 113 mm. Showing a wooden temple raised on poles, with intricately carved decorations.
Good condition.. |
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63
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Poongy Kyaung, Kan [Upper Chindwin]. 162 x 114 mm. Showing a wooden temple raised on poles, with intricately carved decorations.
Good condition.. |
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64
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Chaugwa, Upper Chindwin. 160 x 115 mm. View looking down on the landing place at Chaungwa, on the Chindwin River, south of Kalewa, with a paddle steamer and Burmese boats at their moorings. With temple pagodas on the hillside in the right background.
Good condition.. |
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65
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Chaungwa [Upper Chindwin]. 160 x 114 mm. View from the landing place at Chaungwa, with boats in the foreground and Burmese houses on the hillside beyond.
Good condition.. |
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66
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Saungdwin Stream, Upper Chindwin. 158 x 115 mm. A view looking down on the river, crossed by a wooden footbridge in the foreground and running past cliffs beyond. With pagodas on the hillside in the background. Exact location unidentified, probably a tributary of the Chindwin, and possibly entering it near Chaungwa.
Good condition.. |
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67
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Fort White, '94. 153 x 113 mm. A view looking over the corrugated iron roofs of the military post towards a mist filled valley. Built on the site of the village of Toklaing during the Chin disturbances of 1889, the fort became one of the headquarters for British military activity in the Chin Hills. In its early days its defensive position was not strong:. 'The fort was in reality no fort at all, but consisted of houses, scattered on the side of a hill and surrounded by an abattis of kaing-brush and sticks, whilst at various points of vantage block-houses were built for the guards. The Chins, who are catlike in their movements, soon learnt that their power to annoy us lay in their skill in creeping into the fort between the sentries, and night after night the cattle-pens inside the piquets and abattis were found to have been visited and cattle stolen. On one occasion the whole herd of 70 head was carried off, but was recovered. Another time a drabi was shot and decapitated in the middle of the fort ...' (Carey and Tuck 1896, vol. 1, p.32).
Good condition.. |
1894 |
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68
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Remains of Bông Bridge, Natkyngon, '95. 156 x 111 mm. Showing a partially dismantled, or destroyed, wooden bridge over a river. Precise location unidentified.
Fair condition, slight fading.. |
1895 |
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69
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Bông Bridge, Natkyngon, '95. 154 x 110 mm. Showing a side on view of a partially dismantled, or destroyed, wooden bridge over a river. |
1895 |
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70
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Yokwa rest house, S. Chin Hills, '95. 152 x 112 mm. A view looking down on the rest house, a corrugated iron hut with thatched roof, with valleys and hills beyond. With porters and pack mules on the path in the foreground. The Chin village of Yokwa lies about 30 miles south-east of Haka, and was reached by the Kan-Haka mule track:. 'Yokwa is the chief village of the tribe and was once strongly fortified, but the stockades are now in ruins. Water is plentiful and there is good camping-ground just below the village on the north-east ... The Yokwas feebly resisted the approach of the Chin-Lushai expedition' (Scott 1901, part II, vol. II, p.413).
Good condition.. |
1895 |
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71
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Rawvan village and post, S. Chin Hills, '95. 153 x 110 mm. Showing the thatched houses of the village spread out across the hillside. Rawvan was situated on the Kan-Haka mule track, eight miles south-east of Yokwa. The military post is high on the hill in the right background.
Good condition.. |
1895 |
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72
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Pioneers brickmaking, '95. 112 x 150 mm. Showing a group of Madras Pioneers making bricks, with rows drying in the foreground.
Good condition.. |
1895 |
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73
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Panthay mule drivers, '95. 152 x 112 mm. Showing a group of drivers resting, with their loads stacked on the ground in rows behind them.
Good condition.. |
1895 |
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74
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Panthay mule drivers, '95. 153 x 112 mm. Showing a group of drivers posed for the camera.
Good condition.. |
1895 |
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75
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[Cooking in camp]. 128 x 82 mm (oval print). An under-exposed print showing an Indian cook bent over a cooking range beside a river, with a dog looking on.
Good condition.. |
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