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Cage in which Passengers are Transferred by Cable / A Trip over the Suriname River
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Cage in which Passengers are Transferred by Cable / A Trip over the Suriname River

anonymous · 1905 - 1910 · photography; photographic support

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

About this work

Album page with two photographs. Top: the cage in which passengers are transported across the river by the cable bridge. Bottom: Two men making the crossing on the cable bridge. Photographs in the album documenting the construction of the Lawa Railway in Suriname, 1903–1912. Part of a group of objects from the Wesenhagen family in Suriname.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineKooi waarin passagiers m/d kabel worden overgebracht / Een tochtje over de Surinamerivier. 1905 - 1910. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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