Bridge at Chitral. Jirach Weir
0000; Gale Group; Linguagem: English
Resumo
Reproduced in W.S.A. Lockhart and R.G. Woodthorpe, 'The Gilgit Mission, 1885-86' (Eyre and Spottiswoode, London, 1889), facing p. 67'. 'The river at Chitral is, in summer, very deep and rapid, but in winter it becomes fordable. It is crossed by a bridge about half a mile above the fort. The bridge across it is a strongly made single-span timber bridge, on the cantilever principle before described, exactly 41yards long and 5 feet broad, guarded by a stone tower at each end, and further protected by two more towers crowning a precipitous height on the right bank. Laden animals can be taken across it.' The Mission was at Chitral from 11-18 September 1885 and again from early October to mid-November. [Albumen print, 278x216mm]. Photographer: Giles, George Michael James.
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