| Ref No | LDGSL/942/3 |
| Title | Photographic views of the landslip at Naini Tal [Nainital], northwest India |
| Date | [1878-1895] |
| Level | File |
| Extent | 13 photographs |
| Format | Photograph/drawing/painting/print |
| Description | Thirteen 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.' |
| Provenance | Likely to be the 'Album of Photographs of the Gohna Landslip of 1894' presented by Richard Dixon Oldham in 1916. |
| Access Conditions | Access is by appointment only. Please contact the Archivist for further information. |
| Language | English |
| Related Material | There are four reports on the subject, which also came from Richard Oldham's library in 1916 in the tract collection: Holland, T H, 'Summary of conclusions with reference to the stability of the hills around Naina Tal', [after 1895]; Holland, T H, 'Report on the Landslips which occurred near East Laggan, Naini Tal, during 1893' (7 Mar 1894); 'Collection of papers regarding Government House and Sher-ka-danda hill, Naini Tal. (1895); H Ramsay, H A Brownlow; G F O Boughey, J S Beresford, F H Ashhurst, 'Report of the Committee appointed by Resolution Nos C.532-37BR dated Naini Tal, 22nd September 1880, to enquire into the condition of the Sherka-danda Hill' (8 Oct 1880). Tract ref: Q897. |
| ArchNote | Description by John Thackray; revised by Caroline Lam |
| Term | Landslides |
| Natural disasters |
| Previous reference | LDGSL 942 |