Framed Print : Elephant assisting to lay down water-pipes near Kandy, in Ceylon, 1856. Creator: Unknown
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Elephant assisting to lay down water-pipes near Kandy, in Ceylon, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Elephant assisting to lay down water-pipes near Kandy, in Ceylon, 1856. View of...the great waterworks at present in course of erection upon Messrs. Morton and Tytler's Rajawelle estate...the cast-iron piping, extending to a length of nearly two miles (each length of pipe weighing about six hundredweight), has to be carried to the position it has to occupy, across logs of felled timber, over rocky and broken ground, up hills, and across ravines, where cart-roads could not be made, nor the feeble native Cooly possibly carry them. In this dilemma the energetic local engineer, Mr. John Brown...had recourse to elephants. [Here we see]...how the pipes are taken up upon the tusks and trunk by the elephant. By this means the piping will be laid at a moderate cost; though the elephants, from never having been trained, may not be able to screw the pieces together'. From "Illustrated London News", 1856
Media ID 36319538
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Building Site Ceylon Ceylonese Civil Engineering Construction Site Controversial Controversy Elephant Engineering Hookah Huqqa Huqqa Pipe Indian Elephant Lifting Mahout Nargilah Pipe Skill Skilled Sri Lanka Sri Lankan Strength Strong Tobacco Pipe Trunk Tusk Tusks Water Pipe
18"x14" Modern Frame
16x12 Print in an MDF Wooden Frame with 180 gsm Satin Finish Paper. Glazed using shatter proof thin plexiglass. Frame thickness is 1 inch and depth 0.75 inch. Fluted cardboard backing held with clips. Supplied ready to hang with sawtooth hanger and rubber bumpers. Spot clean with a damp cloth. Packaged foam wrapped in a card.
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Estimated Image Size (if not cropped) is 40.6cm x 35.6cm (16" x 14")
Estimated Product Size is 45.7cm x 35.6cm (18" x 14")
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Artwork printed orientated as per the preview above, with landscape (horizontal) orientation to match the source image.
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