Title

Terminus of the Madras Railway, 1873. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

Terminus of the Madras Railway, 1873. 'The building lately erected at Madras for the railway terminus, which was opened by the Governor of that Presidency, Lord Hobart, soon after his arrival last year, is the subject of one of our Illustrations. It was designed by Mr. George Hardinge for the Madras Railway Company, and has some architectural pretensions, as well as the merits of fitness and convenience for its use. The situation of the railway terminus is on the Black Town Esplanade, outside the north wall of the city, and between this and the village of Rayapuram. It is therefore close to the beach, affording great facilities for the transfer of merchandise or passengers between the land and the sea traffic, while it is in the immediate vicinity of the custom-house. The advantages of railway conveyance have now become familiar to every province of British India, and wall soon effect a mighty change in the condition of that vast territory and of its two hundred millions of people'. From "Illustrated London News", 1873.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM25A12_371

Model release

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Property release

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License type

Droits gérés

Available size

29,7Mo (2,9Mo) / 31,5cm x 23,6cm / 3721 x 2789 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation exterior outdoors building India railways architecture archway archways arch arches arts tower art British railway station railway station century empire train station public transport Britain newspapers press print Romanesque B&W engraved engraving Tamil Nadu Arched Architectural Feature 19th century black & white black and white B W nineteenth century Madras The Print Collector British Empire British Raj Illustrated London News imperialism Raj TGN wood engraving ILN outside newspaper Chennai Unknown The Raj George Harding British India 19th-century The Illustrated London News Chennai Central railway station Madras Central railway station Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M.G. Ramachandran Central Railway Station George Harding