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Flooding of the Courtyards due to the Flood. On the wooden wall, the highest water level is clearly visible
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Flooding of the Courtyards due to the Flood. On the wooden wall, the highest water level is clearly visible

anonymous · 1921 - 1922 · gelatin silver print; photographic support

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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High water (bandjir) causing flooding for the houses in a village. Part of the loose-leaf photo album presented by the staff of the Boekit-Asam Coal Mines on Sumatra to the departing Engineer-Director H. Tromp on 7 January 1922.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
photographH. Trompcolonial systemanthracite, hard coalopencast minefloodBoekit-AsamSumatra
Credit lineOverstrooming der erven tengevolge van den bandjir. Op den houten wand is de hoogste waterstand duidelijk waarneembaar. 1921 - 1922. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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