IDNO

P.99647.ACH2

Description

View of the exterior of the Demerara Railway Station as seen from the road access with a pond in the central area. The station is a single-storey wooden building with a pediment and columns over the entrance. Men in uniform stand to attention, along with members of the public in front of the station.

Place

S America; Guyana; Near Georgetown; Demerara

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

None

Collector / Expedition

?Haddon, Alfred Cort

Date

1880 - 1910

Collection Name

?Unmounted Haddon Collection

Source

?Haddon, Alfred Cort (Dr)

Format

Album Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

P.99643 to P.99673 are in A.173. The album was formerly kept in paper archive envelope WO6/1/12; Box 174. It has now been transferred to the photo archive.

Context: “It is believed that the East Coast Demerara Railway is the oldest railway in South America. The idea of building a railway was strongly supported by the Royal Agricultural and Commercial Society.  In July 1846 a bill proposing the construction of the railway was passed. The line was first constructed from Georgetown to Plaisance and was opened on 3 November 1848.   The second section of the railway which ended at Mahaica was constructed in 1864”. [Source: National Trust of Guyana, www.nationaltrust.gov.gy/trustnews2.html, JD 2/5/2007]

Source: A stamp inside the album mentions it to be a Haddon gift.

This album has been catalogued with the support of the Getty Grant Fund. [S. Guha 17/11/2004]