IDNO

N.169439.GIJ


Description

A dredging platform, with a digger bucket at one end and a chute at the other. On the roof of the upper deck are two mechanical winches. The upper deck is clad in wood with a central open section, in which a man is standing. The upper deck stands on metal column supports and is open. The silhouette of various machinery can be seen, and a number of workers. A lighter is moored to the deck. [PB 22/06/23]


Place

W Africa; Nigeria


Cultural Affliation


Named Person


Photographer

Jones, Gwilliam Iwan (known as G.I.)


Collector / Expedition


Date

circa 1930 - 1939


Collection Name

Jones Collection


Source

Jones, Ursula


Format

Film Negative Black & White


Primary Documentation


Other Information

N.169075.GIJ - P.169626.GIJ were located together in a brown box, now numbered C753/.

N.169437.GIJ - N.169460.GIJ are located on a film roll, now numbered C753/5/13.


FM:309902

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