| Ref No | LDGSL/942/1 |
| Title | Photographic views of the flood at Gohna Lake, northwest India, 1894 |
| Date | 1894 |
| Level | File |
| Extent | 11 mounted prints |
| Format | Photograph/drawing/painting/print |
| Description | Eleven albumen photographs mounted on four boards showing views before and after the flood and landslip at Gohna Lake, northwest India in 1894, taken by H S Wildeblood, comprising:
1) 'Gohna Lake before the overflow taken from the edge of the dam'.
2) 'Gohna Lake at Durmi looking east', 10 Mar 1894.
3) 'No.15. Gohna Lake after overflow taken below Durmi looking towards the dam', Sep 1894
4) 'No.19. Outlet of the Gohna Lake through gorge cut in the dam on overflow (Aug 26)', Sep 1894.
5) 'No.23. Southern face of the gorge cut in the dam on overflow of the lake, Aug 26th 1894', Sep 1894
6) 'No.24. Slickenside on one of the blocks of rock exposed on the southern face of the gorge cut in the dam', Sep 1894.
7) Gohna dam and lake from the village of Gohna.
8) 'Birahi ganga valley just below Gohna'.
9) 'Gohna dam from the left bank below'.
10) Two photographs of the Presidency College, Calcutta, 1894. Caption in pencil 'direction of creep towards depression on left, not shown'. |
| CustodialHistory | The album is likely to be incomplete, however copies of some of the missing images are in series LDGSL/942/2. |
| Provenance | Probably the remains of the "Book of Photographs of Gohna Lake (Kumaun, Himalayas), before and after flood, exhibited by Dr W T Blanford...on behalf of C L Griesbach, Esq, CIE, Director of the Geological Survey of India" at the Ordinary General Meeting of 6 November 1895. |
| Access Conditions | Access is by appointment only. Please contact the Archivist for further information. |
| Language | English |
| Related Material | There are two publications, which came from Richard Olham's library in 1916 on the subject in the tract collection: Public Works Department, Building and Roads Branch, Government North-Western Provinces & Oudh, India, 'Damage caused by a landslip at Gohna on the Birai-Ganga in the Garhwal district, Nos.1-342' (August 1895) & Pulford, R R, 'Narrative report of the Gohna Lake and Flood, the 26th August 1894', (1894). Tract ref: Q897. |
| Publication Note | Two of the images were published in: Holland, T H, 'Papers relating to the landslip at Gohna in British Garhwal...', Selections from Records of the Government of India Public Works Department, no. 324 (1896). |
| ArchNote | Description by John Thackray; revised by Caroline Lam |
| Term | Landslides |
| Natural disasters |
| Previous reference | LDGSL 942 |