railroadfacilities
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The Quarters of the Administration from SMU Libraries Digital Collections uploaded May 2014
The Quarters of the Board of Directors from SMU Libraries Digital Collections uploaded May 2014
[Chinese Eastern Railway: Harbin Railway Works] from SMU Libraries Digital Collections uploaded May 2014
S. M. S. Depot from Miami University Libraries - Digital Collections uploaded May 2014
N. Y. Central Depot from Miami University Libraries - Digital Collections uploaded May 2014
Grafton - Junction with Parkersburg Branch. from SMU Libraries Digital Collections uploaded May 2014
Company's Shops at Martinsburg. from SMU Libraries Digital Collections uploaded May 2014
Lake Shore Michigan Southern Depot from Miami University Libraries - Digital Collections uploaded May 2014
N. Y. Central Depot, Ashtabula, Ohio. from Miami University Libraries - Digital Collections uploaded February 2014
S. and M. S. Depot, Ashtabula, Ohio. from Miami University Libraries - Digital Collections uploaded February 2014
Cotton Thull [?] Ghaut G.I.P.Ry. from SMU Libraries Digital Collections uploaded February 2014
Gen. Grant's Railroad, City Point, Va., looking South. from SMU Libraries Digital Collections uploaded April 2012
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Gen. Grant's Railroad, City Point, Va., looking South.
- Andrei Goncharik said:
- Andrei Goncharik said:
Cotton Thull [?] Ghaut G.I.P.Ry.
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Paul Castro said:
Could the title be 'Cotton Thull'? I'm doing some research on Portuguese Goa and have found many mentions of a material called 'tanã', which appears to a sort of cheap cotton made near Bombay.
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SMU Libraries Digital Collections said:
Paul Castro Hi there and thank you for your interest! I believe I might be able to clarify this for you. Thull Ghat is an archaic spelling of Thal Ghat, more modernly known as Kasara Ghat - a mountain incline/slope in the Western Ghats, on the Great Indian Peninsula Railway. What the photograph depicts is a cotton storage facility, located at this Ghat. As for 'tanã', I'm not completely certain, but I believe the word might stem from an area near Mumbai which was known for its cotton growing, in the 1870s. Thane is a district in present-day Mumbai, which was once known (and spelled) as both Thana and Tanna. In the book "In Quest of Coolies" by James L. A. Hope, printed in 1872 - there is a mention of how cotton-growing in Tanna was "showing signs of being a great business in the future". Link: books.google.com/books?id=F9gvAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA92 I hope you find this information useful!
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Paul Castro said:
That's a real help. Thanks a lot for taking the time to get back to me.