| Description | Forty-one black and white, photographs mounted on 18 sheets, showing views of the landslip, flood and dam collapse which occurred at Gohna, northwest India, in August 1894. The photographer(s) are not cited, however nos.13-18, 24-27, 40-41 are albumen prints mostly taken by H S Wildeblood in August/September 1894, see: LDGSL/942/1. Comprises:
1) 'View from the left bank, below Gohna'.
2) 'View from the right bank, below Gohna'.
3) 'Surface of the landslip'.
4) 'View of landslip and lower end of the lake water risen about half way up'.
5) 'View of the lake from Dhurmi village showing a flooded side valley'.
6) 'Lake and dam', 19 Aug 1894.
7) 'Crest of dam', 19 Aug 1894.
8) 'Lower slope of dam, 2 Aug 1894'
9) 'Lower slope of dam', 18 Aug 1894.
10) 'Lower slope of dam', 23 Aug 1894.
11) 'Lake on 23 Aug 1894'.
12) 'Lake and outlet, after the break' .
13) 'The landslip after the break'.
14) 'Outlet of the Gohna Lake, 1894'.
15) 'Section of the landslip exposed in the outlet channel'.
16) 'Rocks exposed in the outlet channel'.
17) 'Near view of the same'.
18) 'Outlet channel through the slip'.
19) Lower end of dam and filled river channel'.
20) Lower end of dam, after the break'.
21) 'Breached landslip and river below it'.
22) 'Valley of the Birahi ganga, after the breach'.
23) 'Alaknanda valley at Nandprayag showing flood mark'.
24) 'Nandprayag bridge, before'.
25) 'The same, after the flood'.
26) 'Nandprayag bazaar, before'.
27) 'The same, after the flood'.
28) 'Bride at Karnprayag, before the flood'.
29) 'Another view of the Karnprayag bridge [before the flood]'
30) 'Karnprayag bridge after the flood'.
31) 'Karnprayag showing flood marks'.
32) 'View down the Alaknanda valley at Chatuapipal'.
33) 'Junction of the Alaknanda and Kaliganga'.
34) Srinagar, British Garhwal'.
35) 'Deoprayag bridge, 280 ft span before the flood'.
36) 'Deoprayag bridge, after the flood'.
37) 'Lachman jhula bridge before the flood (this bridge was believed to be safe: the only one which was not dismantled)'.
38) 'Lachman jhula bridge after the flood'.
39) 'Another view of the same'.
40) 'Gohna lake, after the breach'.
41) 'In the Birahiganga valley'.
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| Administrative History | The landslip was caused by heavy rain and led to the expansion of Gohna Lake which eventually burst the local dam on the night of 25 August 1894. There were attempts to counteract the rising water of Gohna lake, such as dismantling bridges and cutting channels to relieve the build up of the water, some images of which are included in the series. |