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View of the track under construction between pegs 160 & 164. / In the distance one sees behind the villages of Doplang (peg 178) and Pakis (peg 183) completed sections of the very winding track emerging here.
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View of the track under construction between pegs 160 & 164. / In the distance one sees behind the villages of Doplang (peg 178) and Pakis (peg 183) completed sections of the very winding track emerging here.

Woodbury & Page · 1867 - 1868 · albumen print; cardboard; photographic support

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View of the works for the construction of the elevated railway track between the villages of Doplang and Pakis. Album page with a mounted photograph, part of the photo album on the construction of the Semarang - Kedoeng Djattie (Kedungjati) railway line on Java in 1865.

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albumbladphotographcolonial systemrailway-trafficbuilding-siteJava
Credit lineGezigt op de in bewerking zijnde baan tusschen piket 160 & 164. / In het verschiet ziet men achter de dessa's Doplang (piket 178) en Pakis (piket 183) voltooide gedeelten der hier zeer bogtige baan ui. 1867 - 1868. Woodbury & Page. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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