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Description: | Starboard beam view of the ‘Rani’, a standard stern wheel ferry steamer moored in mid-stream on the Ganges River, taken by an unknown photographer c. 1897 from the Elgin Collection: 'Presented to His Excellency the Earl of Elgin & Kincardine...as a Memento of His Excellency's Visit to the East Indian Railway Workshops at Jamalpur November 30th 1897'. The invention of the steam boat in the late 18th/early 19th century revolutionised river travel; they provided the power to travel speedily up and down river and were a cheap and convenient method of carrying passengers and merchandise. The East Indian Railway also maintained ferry steamer service. | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | Unknown | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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