Ref NoLDGSL/942/3
TitlePhotographic views of the landslip at Naini Tal [Nainital], northwest India
Date[1878-1895]
LevelFile
Extent13 photographs
FormatPhotograph/drawing/painting/print
DescriptionThirteen black and white, albumen photographs mounted on seven sheets, showing the 1880 landslip and its aftermath at Naini Tal [Nainital], northwest India, [1878-1895]. Comprises:

1) 'Naini Tal, circa 1878'.
2) 'Naini Tal, landslip of 1880'.
3) 'Naini Tal, about 1888'.
4) 'Naini Tal, Sher ka Danda, below Government House 1895'.
5) 'Naini Tal, looking down the lakes'.
6) 'A slightly different view'.
7) 'Landslip from the Khalekhan hill, Naini Tal'.
8) 'View from the top of the slip, showing side valley dammed up and pools on surface of slip'.
9) 'Lower end of the slip. Brewery partially overwhelmed.'
10) 'Lower end of the slip, breached by main stream'.
11) 'Portion of hillside slipped down'.
12) 'Naini Tal, 1895'
13) 'Naini Tal, church of St John in the Wilderness. On foot of an old landslip.'
ProvenanceLikely to be the 'Album of Photographs of the Gohna Landslip of 1894' presented by Richard Dixon Oldham in 1916.
Access ConditionsAccess is by appointment only. Please contact the Archivist for further information.
LanguageEnglish
ArchNoteDescription by John Thackray; revised by Caroline Lam
TermLandslides
Natural disasters
Previous referenceLDGSL 942
Persons
CodePersonNameDates
DS/UK/657OLDHAM; Richard Dixon (1858-1936); geologist and seismologist1858-1936
Places
CodePlaceName
NA277Uttar Pradesh
NA165India
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